Parallel time-domain full-wave analysis and system-level modeling of ultrawideband indoor communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-240

  Alighanbari, Abbas ^a   Sarris, Costas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Indoor propagation; Numerical analysis; Ultrawideband radiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; FIELD ANALYSIS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN TECHNIQUES; FULL-WAVE ANALYSIS; HIGH ORDERS; INDOOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INDOOR PROPAGATION; MEASUREMENT-BASED MODELS; MONTE-CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS; PARALLEL VERSIONS; PHYSICS-BASED; SITE SPECIFICS; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEM-LEVEL MODELING; TIME DOMAINS; TIME HOPPING - PULSE POSITION MODULATIONS; ULTRA-WIDE BAND COMMUNICATIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND CHANNELS; ULTRAWIDEBAND RADIATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 63149120625     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2009652     Document Type: Article

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