Terrestrial mobile communication train measurements in Western India

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 671-682

  Prasad, M V S N ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Telecom Regulatory Authority of India   (India)

Author keywords

Path loss exponents; Path loss prediction methods; Train signal levels

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; MODULATION; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO STATIONS; RAILROAD SIGNAL SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DUPLEXER ANTENNA; PATH LOSS EXPONENT; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037604532     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2003.813153     Document Type: Article

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