Influence of diffraction coefficient and corner shape on ray prediction of power and delay spread in urban microcells

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 703-712

  El Sallabi, Hassan M ^a,b   Liang, George ^a,c   Bertoni, Henry L ^a,d   Rekanos, Ioannis T ^a,b   Vainikainen, Pertti ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c EMAG Technologues Inc   (United States)

^d POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristic diffraction coefficient; Microcellular environment; Ray prediction

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC DIFFRACTION COEFFICIENT;

DIFFRACTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; RADIO STATIONS; RAY TRACING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0036564377     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.1011238     Document Type: Article

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