Effect of antenna aperture field on Co-channel interference, capacity, and payload mass in high altitude platform communications

ETRI Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-474

  Thomton, John ^a   Grace, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antennas; Carrier to interference ratio; Cellular communications; High Altitude Platforms

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ANTENNA PAYLOADS; CARRIER-TO-INTERFERENCE RATIO; HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORMS (HAP); SPOT-BEAM ANTENNAS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 6344244583     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.04.0104.0008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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