Provision of 3G mobile services in sparsely populated areas using high altitude platforms

Radioengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Holiš, Jaroslav ^a   Pechač, Pavel ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

3G Mobile services; Antennas; High Altitude Platforms (HAPs); UMTS

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549123504     PISSN: 12102512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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