Channel sounding of loaded reverberation chamber for over-the-air testing of wireless devices: Coherence bandwidth versus average mode bandwidth and delay spread

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 678-681

  Chen, Xiaoming ^a   Kildal, Per Simon ^a   Orlenius, C ^a   Carlsson, J ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coherence bandwidth; Delay spread; Fading channel; Mode bandwidth

Indexed keywords

AIR TESTING; CHANNEL EMULATORS; CHANNEL SOUNDING; COHERENCE BANDWIDTH; DELAY SPREAD; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; MEASURED CHANNEL; MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENTS; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; RMS DELAY SPREAD; WIRELESS DEVICES; MODE BANDWIDTH;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; FADING (RADIO); FADING CHANNELS; REVERBERATION;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 77949622479     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2025149     Document Type: Article

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