Modeling electromagnetic interference generated by a WLAN system onboard commercial aircraft

Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 699-704

  De Raffaele, Clifford ^a   Debono, Carl James ^a   Muscat, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENTS; AIRLINE OPERATORS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; COMMERCIAL AIRLINES; DATA-COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; FUSELAGE STRUCTURES; GROWING DEMAND; MODEL-BASED; PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES; POTENTIAL RISKS; PROPAGATION MAPS; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; TRANSMISSION POWER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; WLAN SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BASE STATIONS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FUSELAGES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MOBILE DEVICES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

EID: 77954255689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MELCON.2010.5475991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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