Polarization diversity measurements and analysis for antenna configurations at 1800 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1795-1810

  Narayanan, Ram M ^a   Atanassov, Kalin ^b,c   Stoiljkovic, Vladimir ^a   Kadambi, Govind R ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO RECEIVERS; RAYLEIGH FADING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY GAIN; LOCAL MEAN ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; TRANSMITTING RECEIVING ANTENNA;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 4043127585     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.831290     Document Type: Article

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