Foliage attenuation over mixed terrains in rural areas for broadband wireless access at 3.5 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2698-2706

  Chee, Kin Lien ^a   Torrico, Sal A ^b,c   Kurner, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

^c Comsearch An Andrew Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband wireless access; foliage attenuation; IEEE 802.16 e; multiple scattering theory; radio propagation; scattering parameters; skin depth; vegetation

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESSS; FOLIAGE ATTENUATION; IEEE 802.16; MULTIPLE SCATTERING THEORY; SKIN DEPTH;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; RADIO WAVES; SCATTERING; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; WIMAX;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 79960139027     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2152340     Document Type: Article

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