An accurate UTD model for the analysis of complex indoor radio environments in microwave WLAN systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1509-1520

  Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Cicchetti, Renato ^a   Testa, Orlandino ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beam tracing; Electromagnetic scattering; Heuristic diffraction coefficient; Indoor radio propagation; Penetrable objects; Wireless LAN systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

COMPLEX INDOOR RADIO; PENETRABLE OBJECTS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 2942719034     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.830260     Document Type: Article

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