Signal power distribution in the azimuth, elevation and time delay domains in urban environments for various elevations of base station antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2902-2916

  Blaunstein, Nathan ^a   Toeltsch, Martin ^b,c   Laurila, Juha ^d   Bonek, Ernst ^b   Katz, Dmitry ^a,e   Vainikainen, Pertti ^f   Tsouri, Nissim ^a   Kalliola, Kimmo ^g   Laitinen, Heikki ^f,h  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c SYMENA Software and Consulting Ltd   (Austria)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Albatronics Ltd   (Israel)

^f AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^g NRC Radio Technologies Laboratory   (Finland)

^h Helsinki University of Technology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Azimuth; Channel; Comparison with measurements; Delay; Elevation; Model; Propagation; Smart antennas; Stochastic model; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA HEIGHT; AZIMUTH-OF-ARRIVAL; BASE STATION ANTENNA; ELEVATION-OF-ARRIVAL; SIGNAL POWER DISTRIBUTION; SMART ANTENNA; TIME-OF-ARRIVAL;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33750111173     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882150     Document Type: Article

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