Measurements and characterizations of air-to-ground channel over sea surface at C-band with low airborne altitudes

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1943-1948

  Meng, Yu Song ^a   Lee, Yee Hui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aeronautical communications; channel modeling; ducting; microwave landing system (MLS); multipath channels

Indexed keywords

AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; CHANNEL MODELING; DUCTING; MICROWAVE LANDING SYSTEM (MLS); MULTIPATH CHANNELS;

EID: 79955969024     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2011.2136364     Document Type: Article

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