Radio channel characterization for moderate antenna heights in forest areas

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4031-4035

  Oestges, Claude ^a   Montenegro Villacieros, Belén ^a   Vanhoenacker Janvier, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Localization; Radio propagation; Ricean fading

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CELL PHONE; DELAY SPREAD; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FOREST AREA; FORESTED AREA; ITU-R RECOMMENDATION; LOCALIZATION; MULTIPATH DISPERSIONS; PATH LOSS; PROPAGATION CHANNELS; RADIO CHANNELS; RADIO LOCALIZATION; RADIO PROPAGATION; RICEAN FADING; TEMPORAL COHERENCE; TEMPORAL FADING; WIDE-BAND;

ANTENNAS; RADIO WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FADING (RADIO);

EID: 70350233213     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2009.2024947     Document Type: Article

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