Propagation model based on ray tracing for the design of personal communication systems in indoor environments

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2105-2112

  De Adana, Francisco Saez ^a   Blanco, Oscar Gutiérrez ^a   Diego, Iván González ^a   Arriaga, Jesús Pérez ^a   Cátedra, Manuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAY TRACING;

ANGULAR Z-BUFFER ALGORITHM; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PROPAGATION CHANNEL PARAMETERS; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034313194     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.901882     Document Type: Article

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