Evaluation of vehicle penetration loss at wireless communication frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2036-2041

  Tanghe, Emmeric ^a   Joseph, Wout ^a,b   Verloock, Leen ^a   Martens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antenna orientation; Coverage; Measurement; Simulation; Vehicle penetration loss (VPL)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANTENNA ORIENTATIONS; IN VEHICLE; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PENETRATION LOSS; VEHICLE PENETRATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FREQUENCIES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 48749086470     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.912164     Document Type: Article

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