Antenna diversity for DVB-S2 mobile services in railway environments

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 443-458

  Cioni, S ^a   Corazza, G E ^a   Vanelli Coralli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DVB S2 standard; Maximum ratio combining; Railway environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; RAILROAD TRACKS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

DVB-S2 STANDARD; MAXIMUM RATIO COMBINING; PACKET ERROR FLOOR; POWER ARCH; SECOND-ORDER DIVERSITY;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 35248857093     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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