Radio wave propagation characteristics in lossy circular waveguides such as tunnels, mine shafts, and boreholes

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1354-1366

  Holloway, Christopher L ^a,b,c   Hill, David A ^a,c   Dalke, Roger A ^b   Hufford, George A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MINE SHAFTS; RADIO LINKS; RADIO WAVES; SOILS; TUNNELS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ATTENUATION CONSTANT; GEOLOGIC MEASUREMENT; MINING INDUSTRY; RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION; UNDERGROUND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034261608     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.898768     Document Type: Article

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