Scattering analysis for the modeling of THz communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 11 I, 2007, Pages 3002-3009

  Piesiewicz, Radoslaw ^a,b   Jansen, Christian ^a   Mittleman, Daniel ^c   Kleine Ostmann, Thomas ^b,d   Koch, Martin ^a,b   Kürner, Thomas ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Terahertz Communications Lab   (Germany)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kirchhoff approximation; Ray tracing; Rough surface scattering; THz channel modeling; THz communication

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING;

KIRCHHOFF APPROXIMATION; PICO-CELLULAR INDOOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TERAHERTZ COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 36849011518     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.908559     Document Type: Article

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