FDTD characterization of UWB indoor radio channel including frequency dependent antenna directivities

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 191-197

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Hao, Yang ^a   Parini, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Radio propagation; Ray tracing (RT); Ultrawideband (UWB); Uniform geometrical theory of diffraction (UTD)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PATTERN; BASE STATION ANTENNAS; CENTRE FREQUENCY; CHANNEL BEHAVIOR; CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; FDTD METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR MATERIALS; INDOOR RADIO CHANNEL; RADIO CHANNEL MODELING; RADIO PROPAGATION; SCATTERED FIELD; SUB-BANDS; UNIFORM GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FREQUENCY BANDS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 50249169739     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2007.891963     Document Type: Article

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