Wide-band channel sounding at 24 GHz based on a novel fiber-optic synchronization concept

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 692-700

  Truffer, Pascal ^a,b   Leuthold, Peter E ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fiber optic antenna feeding; Time variant radio channels; Wide band channel sounder

Indexed keywords

WIDE-BAND CHANNELS;

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 0035305754     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.915444     Document Type: Article

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