Mobile communication measurements along railroads and model evaluations over Eastern-Indian rural regions

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 131-141

  Prasad, M V S N ^a   Ratnamla, K ^b   Dalela, P K ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Centre for Development of Telematics India   (India)

Author keywords

electromagnetic measurements; Land mobile radio cellular systems; land mobile radio propagation factors; path loss exponent; prediction methods; railroads; rural areas; standard deviations

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT; LAND MOBILE RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEMS; LAND MOBILE RADIO PROPAGATION FACTORS; PATH LOSS EXPONENT; PREDICTION METHODS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FORECASTING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; RADIO WAVES; RAILROADS; RURAL AREAS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651474314     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2010.5687512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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