Millimeter-wave propagation channel characterization for short-range wireless communications

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Geng, Suiyan ^a   Kivinen, Jarmo ^a,b   Zhao, Xiongwen ^a,c   Vainikainen, Pertti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b EMBIO OY   (Finland)

^c Elektrobit Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Direction of arrival (DOA); Millimeter wave propagation; Number of paths; Path loss; Propagation mechanism; RMS delay spread; Shadowing

Indexed keywords

FADING (RADIO); INSTRUMENT SCALES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL (DOA); MILLIMETER-WAVE PROPAGATION; NUMBER OF PATHS; PATH LOSS; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; RMS DELAY SPREAD; SHADOWING;

DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 59649086441     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.924990     Document Type: Article

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