Higher order statistics for lognormal small-scale fading in mobile radio channels

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 540-543

  Cotton, Simon L ^a   Scanlon, William G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel characterization; Indoor propagation; Level crossing rate; Lognormal fading; Small scale fading

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; INDOOR PROPAGATION; LEVEL CROSSING RATES; LOG-NORMAL FADING; SMALL-SCALE FADING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FADING (RADIO); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 61349203736     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2007.909968     Document Type: Article

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