Optimal settings for frequency-selective measurements used for the exposure assessment around UMTS base stations

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1901-1909

  Olivier, Christof ^a   Martens, Luc ^b  

^a Mobistar   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Code division multiaccess (CDMA); Electromagnetic radiation; Land mobile radio; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; POWER CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE MEASUREMENTS; LAND MOBILE RADIO; WIDEBAND CODE DIVISION MULTIACCESS SIGNAL;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34648830813     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.903617     Document Type: Article

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