Static and dynamic propagation-channel impairments in reverberation chambers

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-599

  Remley, Kate A ^a   Floris, Sander J ^a,b   Shah, Haider A ^a   Holloway, Christopher L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bit error rate (BER); coherence bandwidth; digitally modulated signal; measurement; multipath; propagation channel; reverberation chamber; wireless system

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE BANDWIDTH; DIGITALLY MODULATED SIGNAL; MULTI-PATH; PROPAGATION CHANNEL; REVERBERATION CHAMBER; WIRELESS SYSTEM;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY BANDS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; REVERBERATION;

BIT ERROR RATE;

EID: 80052060463     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2010.2100823     Document Type: Article

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