Service area expansion of quasi-millimeter FWA systems through site diversity based on detailed rainfall intensity data

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3285-3292

  Maruyama, Takashi ^a   Shirato, Yushi ^a   Akimoto, Mamoru ^a   Nakatsugawa, Masashi ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixed wireless access (FWA); Quasi millimeter wave; Rainfall attenuation; Site diversity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR; RAIN; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESS POINTS; BIT-ERROR RATES; DIVERSITY GAINS; FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS (FWA); FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEMS; FWA SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPORALS; OBSERVED DATUM; QUASI-MILLIMETER WAVE; RADAR DATUM; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL ATTENUATION; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; RAINFALL RATES; SERVICE AREAS; SHORT PATHS; SITE DIVERSITIES; SITE DIVERSITY; SPATIAL CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL MODELS;

BIT ERROR RATE;

EID: 54249155158     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.929432     Document Type: Article

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