Effect of ground station antenna beamwidth on rain scatter interference in high-altitude platform links

Electronics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1211-1213

  Spillard, C L ^a   Grace, D ^a   Thornton, J ^a   Tozer, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; RAIN; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

GROUND STATION ANTENNA; HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORMS; RAIN SCATTER INTERFERENCE;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037179885     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20020823     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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4. THORNTON, J., GRACE, D., SPILLARD, C., KONEFAL, T., and TOZER, T.C.: 'Broadband communications from a high altitude platform - the European HeliNet Programme', IEE Electron. Commun. Eng. J., 2001, pp. 138-144
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