Performance evaluation of a pyramidal fly-eye diversity antenna in an indoor optical wireless multipath propagation environment under very directive noise sources

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 482-489

  Al Ghamdi, A G ^a   Elmirghani, J M H ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIT ERROR RATE; LIGHT SOURCES; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIRECTIVE NOISE SOURCES; INDOOR COMMUNICATION; MULTIPATH DISPERSION; PYRAMIDAL FLY EYE DIVERSITY ANTENNA;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0346905499     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:20030430     Document Type: Article

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