Bit error rate measurements in reverberation chambers using real-time vector receivers

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 619-622

  Floris, S J ^a,b   Remley, K A ^a   Holloway, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); digital modulation; reverberation chamber; vector signal analyzer (VSA); vector signal generator (VSG); wireless communications

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MODULATIONS; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; VECTOR SIGNAL ANALYZERS; VECTOR SIGNAL GENERATORS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; REVERBERATION; SIGNAL GENERATORS; VECTORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BIT ERROR RATE;

EID: 77954573287     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2010.2053513     Document Type: Article

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