Signal distribution in the azimuth, elevation, and time-delay domains in urban radio communication links

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 171-178

  Blaunstein, N ^a   Tsalolihin, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Delay effects; Delay estimation; Direction of arrival estimation; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Land mobile radio equipment; Land mobile radio propagation factors; Probability; Radio propagation; Radio propagation terrain factors; Time domain measuraments

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIO EQUIPMENT; RADIO LINKS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DELAY EFFECTS; DELAY ESTIMATION; DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; LAND MOBILE CELLULAR RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEMS; LAND MOBILE RADIO EQUIPMENT; LAND MOBILE RADIO PROPAGATION FACTORS; RADIO PROPAGATION TERRAIN FACTORS; TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENTS;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 13244289862     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1388875     Document Type: Article

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