Optimization of Urban optical wireless communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 626-629

  Arnon, Shlomi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Building sway; Optical communication; Optimization; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

BIT-ERROR PROBABILITY (BEP); BUILDING SWAY; LASER POWER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ATTENUATION; BIT ERROR RATE; BUILDING CODES; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FADING (RADIO); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0345997008     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2003.814351     Document Type: Article

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