Deterministic channel modeling and performance simulation of microcellular wide-band communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1422-1430

  Oestges, Claude ^a   Clerckx, Bruno ^a   Raynaud, Lidwine ^b   Vanhoenacker Janvier, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Communications system performances; Ray tracing; Wide band radio channel measurements

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; MODEMS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAY TRACING;

ANTENNA BEAMWIDTH; CHANNEL SOUNDER; MICROCELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE ACCESS INTERFERENCE; POWER DELAY; RADIO CHANNEL; WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036879623     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2002.804846     Document Type: Article

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