Reactance diversity: Proof-of-concept experiments in an indoor multipath-fading environment with a 5-GHz prototype planar espar antenna

IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 678-680

  Sawaya, Takuma ^a   Iigusa, Kyouichi ^a   Taromaru, Makoto ^a   Ohira, Takashi ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIODES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; VARACTORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ESPAR ANTENNAS; MULTIPATH FADING; MULTIPATH INTERFERENCE;

FADING (RADIO);

EID: 3042672912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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