Effects of reinforced concrete structures on RF communications

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 486-496

  Dalke, Roger A ^a   Holloway, Christopher L ^b   McKenna, Paul ^a   Johansson, Martin ^c   Ali, Azar S ^d  

^a Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

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

^c Ericsson Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION; REBAR LATTICE CONFIGURATION; TRELLIS LIKE STRUCTURE;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034313173     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.902318     Document Type: Article

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