Optimisation of the antenna placement for an airport surveillance system

International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 209-215

  Formella, Arno ^a   Aguado Agelet, Fernando ^a   Álvarez Vázquez, Lino J ^a   Martínez, Aurea ^a   Neufeldt, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

Dilution Of Precision; DOP; Nelder; Simulation; Uniform Theory of Diffraction; UTD

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; COST FUNCTIONS; MONITORING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL;

DILUTION OF PRECISION; MULTILATERATION SYSTEM; NELDER; POWER DELAY PROFILES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATION; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

AIRPORT SECURITY;

EID: 77958457256     PISSN: 17442869     EISSN: 17442850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMNDI.2007.017325     Document Type: Article

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