Optimum order of angle diversity with equal-gain combining receivers for broad-band indoor optical wireless communications

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-105

  Alqudah, Yazan A ^a   Kavehrad, Mohsen ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle diversity; Receiver design; Temporal dispersion

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ANGLE DIVERSITY; BROAD-BAND INDOOR OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; EQUAL-GAIN COMBINING RECEIVERS; TEMPORAL DISPERSION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 1242286064     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2003.822023     Document Type: Article

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