The impact of structural shielding on the performance of wireless systems in a single-floor office building

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1787-1794

  Lee, Derek C K ^b   Neve, Michael J ^b   Sowerby, Kevin W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cochannel interference; Communication system performance; Electromagnetic radiative interference; Electromagnetic shielding; Indoor radio communication; Interference suppression; Microwave propagation; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIVE INTERFERENCE; INDOOR RADIO COMMUNICATION; MICROWAVE PROPAGATION;

COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; RAY TRACING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34249306581     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2007.360380     Document Type: Article

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