UMTS WCDMA network planning with smart antennas

European Microwave Week 2007 Conference Proceedings, EuMW 2007 - 10th European Conference on Wireless Technology, ECWT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 90-93

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

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVES; SMART ANTENNAS; TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

3G NETWORKS; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; EUROPEAN; OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS; RADIO NETWORK PLANNING; TYPICAL URBAN; WCDMA NETWORKS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 48149104421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECWT.2007.4403953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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