High-Altitude Platforms for Wireless Communications

High-Altitude Platforms for Wireless Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-241

  Aragón Zavala, Alejandro ^a   Cuevas Ruíz, José Luis ^b   Delgado Penín, José Antonio ^c  

^a School of Industrial Design   (Mexico)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 84855217681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470997437     Document Type: Book

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