Measurement and analysis of propagation mechanisms at 40 GHz: Viability of site shielding forced by obstacles

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3369-3380

  Alejos, Ana Vázquez ^a   Sanchez, Manuel García ^a   Cuinas, Iñigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Materials; Millimeter frequencies; Scattering; Shielding

Indexed keywords

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE COMPUTING; SCATTERING; SHIELDING; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR NETWORKS; CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCES; CONCRETE WALLS; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; DIFFRACTED FIELDS; FREQUENCY RE USES; FREQUENCY REUSE DISTANCES; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MILLIMETER FREQUENCIES; MILLIMETER-WAVE; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; PROPAGATION MECHANISMS; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; SHADOW REGIONS; SHIELDING TECHNIQUES; THEORETICAL MODELS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY BANDS;

EID: 57049128179     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.920052     Document Type: Article

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