A propagation-measurement-based evaluation of channel characteristics and models pertinent to the expansion of mobile radio systems to frequencies beyond 2 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 382-388

  Bultitude, Robert J C ^a   Schenk, Tim C W ^b,c   Op den Kamp, Nicole A A ^b,d   Adnani, Nikhil ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation bandwidth; Fading channels; Frequency correlation; Frequency selective fading; Multipath channels; Radio channel modeling; Radio propagation measurements; Transmission loss

Indexed keywords

CORRELATORS; FADING CHANNELS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADIO LINKS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY CORRELATION; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE FADING; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE DELAY SPREAD; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 34147108669     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2006.889566     Document Type: Article

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