Effect of human presence on UWB radiowave propagation within the passenger cabin of a midsize airliner

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 917-926

  Chiu, Simon ^a   Michelson, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Propagation measurements

Indexed keywords

BOEING 737; CHANNEL FREQUENCY RESPONSE; DECAY RATE; GAIN REDUCTION; IN-CABIN; PASSENGER CABIN; PASSENGER SEATS; POINT TO MULTIPOINT; POWER DELAY PROFILES; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION; RMS DELAY SPREAD; SCATTERED COMPONENT; TIME DISPERSION; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA; ULTRA-WIDEBAND CHANNELS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT SEATS; CEILINGS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DISPERSION (WAVES); FREQUENCY RESPONSE; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

EID: 77749341615     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2039326     Document Type: Article

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