Semi-Markov multistate modeling of the land mobile propagation channel for geostationary satellites

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1795-1802

  Bråten, Lars Erling ^a   Tjelta, Terje ^a  

^a TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Land mobile satellite (LMS) communications; Propagation channel modeling; State duration statistics

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FADING (RADIO); FINITE AUTOMATA; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LAND MOBILE PROPAGATION CHANNEL; LAND MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEMI-MARKOV MULTISTATE MODELING; STATE DURATION STATISTICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037005475     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.807441     Document Type: Article

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