Average level crossing rate and fade duration of maximal ratio diversity in unbalanced and correlated channels

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 762-767

  Dong, Xiaofei ^a   Beaulieu, Norman C ^b  

^a Gennum Corporation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LEVEL CROSSING RATES; CORRELATED CHANNELS; FADE DURATION; MAXIMAL RATIO DIVERSITY;

EID: 2342660837     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2002.993364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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