A parametric formulation of the UTD diffraction coefficient for real-time propagation prediction modeling

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 253-257

  Wang, Huihui ^a,b   Rappaport, Theodore S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric wedge; Diffraction coefficient; Propagation prediction; Uniform theory of diffraction (UTD)

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC WEDGES; DIFFRACTION COEFFICIENTS; PROPAGATION COEFFICIENTS; UTD;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 31144451866     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2005.852581     Document Type: Article

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