Modelling and measuring reflection due to flat dielectric surfaces at 5.8 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1139-1147

  Cuiñas, Iñigo ^a   Martínez, David ^b   Sánchez, Manuel García ^a   Alejos, Ana Vázquez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dielectric surface; Reflection; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

DIELECTRIC SURFACES; INCIDENT WAVE; INDOOR RADIO CHANNEL;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34247154058     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.893399     Document Type: Article

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