Outage performance of single/dual polarized fixed wireless access links in heavy rain climatic regions

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-297

  Panagopoulos, A D ^a   Chatzarakis, G E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; RAIN; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DATABANKS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION ASSUMPTION; HEAVY RAIN CLIMATIC REGIONS; RAIN ATTENUATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

EID: 34047206236     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939307779367387     Document Type: Article

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