Cellular coverage analysis in a lift shaft with the FDTD scheme

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Pekonen, Olli P M ^a   Meskanen, Harri ^a  

^a NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellular communications; Finite difference time domain method; Wireless propagation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR COVERAGE PLANNING; LIFT SHAFT; WIRELESS PROPAGATION;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033524311     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19990105)20:1<77::AID-MOP20>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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