Radio network planning for UMTS with smart antennas

2007 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 415-418

  Tsilimantos, D ^a   Tsoulos, G ^b   Kaklamani, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SMART ANTENNAS;

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS; ELECTRO MAGNETICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS; RADIO NETWORK PLANNING; TYPICAL URBAN (TU); WCDMA NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 47349124870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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