Examination of existent propagation models over large inhomogeneous terrain profiles using fast integral equation solution

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3080-3083

  Tunc, Celal Alp ^a   Altintas, Ayhan ^a   Ertürk, Vakur B ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) curves; Forward backward spectral acceleration (FBSA) method; International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommendations; Propagation models; Rough surface scattering

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CURVES; FORWARD BACKWARD SPECTRAL ACCELERATION (FBSA) METHOD; INTERNATIONAL UNION RECOMMENDATIONS; PROPAGATION MODELS; ROUGH SURFACE SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 27644481185     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.854548     Document Type: Article

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