Maximal ratio combining receivers for dual antenna RFID readers

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning and RFID, Proceedings, IMWS 2009 - Croatia

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Angerer, Cristoph ^a   Langwieser, Robert ^a   Maier, Georg ^a   Rupp, Markus ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Maximal ratio combining; MIMO; Multiple antenna; Reader receiver; Receive diversity; RFID

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL COEFFICIENT; DUAL ANTENNAS; MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING RECEIVERS; MAXIMAL-RATIO COMBINING; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; MULTIPLE RECEIVE ANTENNAS; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RECEIVE ANTENNA; RECEIVE DIVERSITY; RECEIVED SIGNALS; RFID READERS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

FADING (RADIO); MICROWAVES; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; MULTIPLEXING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 73649087282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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