Ray-density normalization for ray-optical wave propagation modeling in arbitrarily shaped tunnels

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1316-1325

  Didascalou, Dirk ^b   Schäfer, Thomas M ^b   Weinmann, Frank ^b   Wiesbeck, Werner ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TUNNELS; UHF DEVICES;

HIGHWAY TUNNELS; RAILWAY TUNNELS; RAY DENSITY NORMALIZATION; RAY LAUNCHING;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 0034261606     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.898764     Document Type: Article

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