A novel 3-D scattering model of 1.8-GHz radio propagation in microcellular urban environment

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 100-106

  Tarng, J H ^a,b   Ju, K M ^b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microcellular measurement; Radio channel modeling; Ray tracing technique; Scattering cross section

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAY TRACING;

MICROCELLULAR RADIO CHANNELS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032662075     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.765097     Document Type: Article

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