A new statistical model for site-specific indoor radio propagation prediction based on geometric optics and geometric probability

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-123

  Hassan Ali, Mudhafar ^a,b   Pahlavan, Kaveh ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Power coverage; Power delay profile; Probabilistic geometry; Rat tracing; Site specific channel model; Statistical indoor radio propagation; Wireless deployment tool

Indexed keywords

POWER COVERAGE; POWER DELAY PROFILE; PROBABILISTIC GEOMETRY; SITE-SPECIFIC CHANNEL MODEL; STATISTICAL INDOOR RADIO PROPAGATION; WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT TOOL;

ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0141465894     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7693.975450     Document Type: Article

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