Modelling inter-floor radio-wave propagation in office buildings

2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Austin, Andrew C M ^a   Neve, Michael J ^a   Rowe, Gerard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BUILDINGS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OFFICE BUILDINGS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

2D MODELS; CONSTANT VALUES; EDGE DIFFRACTIONS; FDTD METHODS;

FLOORS;

EID: 55649084317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2008.4619016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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