Effective models in evaluating radio coverage on single floors of multifloor buildings

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 782-789

  Tarng, J H ^a,b   Liu, T R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FLOORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO SYSTEMS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FIELD STRENGTH MEASUREMENT; INDOOR PROPAGATION MODELING; RADIO COVERAGE;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032663105     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.764994     Document Type: Article

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