Radio wave characterization and modeling in underground mine tunnels

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 540-549

  Boutin, Mathieu ^a,b   Benzakour, Ahmed ^a,b   Despins, Charles L ^a,c   Affes, Sofiène ^a,c  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b Laboratoire de Recherche en Communications Souterraines   (Canada)

^c Prompt Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characterization; Path amplitude; Path arrival; Propagation; Radio wave; Statistical modeling; Tunnels; Underground mine; Wideband

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSCEIVERS; TUNNELS;

PATH AMPLITUDE; PATH ARRIVAL; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION; RICE DISTRIBUTION;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 40549143742     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.913144     Document Type: Article

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