Impact analysis of directional antennas and multiantenna beamformers on radio transmission

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1695-1707

  Yang, Haibing ^a   Herben, Matti H A J ^a   Akkermans, Iwan J A G ^a   Smulders, Peter F M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conventional beamforming; Double directional channel; Half power beamwidth (HPBW); Multiantenna beamforming; Rician K factor; Root mean squared (rms) delay spread (RDS)

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FADING CHANNELS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADIO SYSTEMS;

CONVENTIONAL BEAMFORMING; DOUBLE-DIRECTIONAL CHANNEL; MULTIANTENNA BEAMFORMING; RICIAN K-FACTOR;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 44849104876     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.907308     Document Type: Article

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