Evaluation of the propagation model recommendation ITU-R P.1546 for mobile services in rural Australia

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-51

  Östlin, Erik ^a   Suzuki, Hajime ^b   Zepernick, Hans Jürgen ^c  

^a Sensear Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field strength measurements; Okumura Hata model; Point to area; Propagation prediction; Recommendation ITU R P.1546

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DATA STRUCTURES; MULTIPLEX RADIO TRANSMISSION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

FIELD STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS; POINT-TO-AREA; PROPAGATION PREDICTION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 39549112554     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.901902     Document Type: Article

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