Rician K factor estimation for wireless communication systems

Second International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, ICWMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 69-

  Doukas, Athanasios ^a   Kalivas, Grigorios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

LINE OF SIGHT (LOS); RICIAN DISTRIBUTION; RICIAN K FACTOR ESTIMATION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 37649031744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICWMC.2006.81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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