Development and application of GPS signal multipath simulator

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 10-1-10-23

  Byun, Sung H ^a   Hajj, George A ^a   Young, Lawrence E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD); GPS signals; Multipath; Reflection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TROPOSPHERE;

GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION (GTD);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036875011     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001rs002549     Document Type: Article

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