A quantification of link budget differences between the cellular and PCS bands

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-65

  Chu, T S ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Land mobile radio cellular systems; Personal communication networks; Propagation

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MOBILE ANTENNAS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO LINKS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

LINK BUDGET; MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING (MRC);

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032795693     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.740060     Document Type: Article

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