Accurate determination of the electromagnetic field due to WiMAX base station antennas

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 50, Issue 3 PART 2, 2008, Pages 730-735

  Joseph, Wout ^a   Verloock, Leen ^a   Martens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

802.16 2004; Electromagnetic measurement; Electromagnetic radiation; Exposure assessment; Spectrum analyzer (SA); Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

802.16-2004; ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYZER (SA); WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WIMAX);

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 51049109200     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2008.926881     Document Type: Article

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