Linear diversity combining techniques

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-356

  Brennan, D G ^a,b  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; NAVIGATION; RADAR; RAYLEIGH FADING;

GAIN DIVERSITY; LONG TERM DISTRIBUTIONS; MAXIMAL-RATIO DIVERSITY; QUASILINEAR SYSTEM;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3242883551     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2002.808163     Document Type: Article

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