Indoor propagation models based on rigorous methods for site-specific multipath environments

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1718-1725

  Lim, Chan Ping ^a   Volakis, John L ^a   Sertel, Kubilay ^a   Kindt, Rickie W ^a,b   Anastasopoulos, Achilleas ^c  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel characterization; Domain decomposition; Propagation channel; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION; PROPAGATION CHANNEL;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33745200080     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.875493     Document Type: Article

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