A practical radiosity method for predicting transmission loss in urban environments

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Volumn 2004, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 357-364

  Liang, Ming ^a   Liu, Qin ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Power coverage; Prediction tool; Propagation model; Radiosity; Transmission loss; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS; URBAN PLANNING;

POWER COVERAGE; PREDICTION TOOLS; PROPAGATION MODELS; RADIOSITY; TRANSMISSION LOSS; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 14944358101     PISSN: 16871472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/s1687147204406197     Document Type: Article

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