Simulation of radiowave propagation in hospitals based on FDTD and ray-optical methods

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 8 I, 2005, Pages 2381-2388

  Schäfer, Thomas M ^a   Wiesbeck, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinic; Hospital; Mobile communications; Ray optics; Simulation; Wall attenuation; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HOSPITALS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CLINIC; RAY OPTICAL METHODS; WALL ATTENUATION;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27644524807     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.852300     Document Type: Article

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