Implementing adaptive power control as a 30/20-GHz fade countermeasure

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-46

  Sweeney, Dennis G ^a   Bostian, Charles William ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FADING (RADIO); POWER CONTROL; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SATELLITE LINKS;

FADE COUNTERMEASURES; RAIN ATTENUATION; REAL TIME FREQUENCY SCALING; UPLINK POWER CONTROL;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032653966     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.752985     Document Type: Article

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