Bounding the error of path loss models

2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 71-82

  Phillips, Caleb ^a   Sicker, Douglas ^a   Grunwald, Dirk ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS; MEASUREMENT-BASED; MEDIAN PATH; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PATH LOSS; PATH LOSS MODELS; PRODUCTION NETWORK; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WIRELESS APPLICATION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79960679440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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