Mobile handset performance evaluation using radiation pattern measurements

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2154-2165

  Nielsen, Jesper Ødum ^a   Pedersen, Gert Frølund ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Frequency dependence; Mean effective gain (MEG); Mobile handset performance; Sampling density; Spherical radiation pattern; Total isotropic sensitivity (TIS); Total radiated power (TRP)

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; GAIN MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MEAN EFFECTIVE GAIN; MOBILE HANDSET PERFORMANCE; SPHERICAL RADIATION PATTERN; TOTAL ISOTROPIC SENSITIVITY; TOTAL RADIATED POWER;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747054749     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.877156     Document Type: Article

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