Wideband measurements of channel characteristics at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz in underground mining environments

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3595-3599

  Benzakour, Ahmed ^a,c   Affès, Sofiène ^a,c   Despins, Charles ^a,b,c   Tardif, Pierre Martin ^a,c  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b Prompt Quebec   (Canada)

^c Underground Commun Res Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Relative multipath total power; RMS delay spread; Underground mine; Wideband measurement

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MINING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

RELATIVE MULTIPATH TOTAL POWER; RMS DELAY SPREAD; UNDERGROUND MINES; WIDEBAND MEASUREMENT;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 17144366562     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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