Characterization of time variation on 1.9 GHz fixed wireless channels in suburban macrocell environments

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3975-3979

  Liou, Anthony E L ^a   Sivertsen, Kyle N ^a   Michelson, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doppler measurements; Fading channels; Fixed wireless system; Macrocell; Multipoint communications system

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS; FIXED WIRELESS SYSTEMS; MACRO CELLS; MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DOPPLER EFFECT; FORESTRY; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; LOCATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; WIND EFFECTS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 73149107021     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2009.090211     Document Type: Article

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