Experimental characterization of an UWB propagation channel in underground mines

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 240-246

  Rissafi, Youssef ^a   Talbi, Larbi ^b   Ghaddar, Mohamad ^b  

^a Canada Revenue Agency   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multipath channel; ultrawideband (UWB) propagation measurement; underground mine

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DIRECTIVITY; CHANNEL PARAMETER; DATA MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FREQUENCY RANGES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; PATH LOSS; PATH LOSS EXPONENT; PROPAGATION CHANNELS; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; STATISTICAL MODELING; TIME DISPERSION; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) PROPAGATION MEASUREMENT; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT; UNDERGROUND MINE; UWB PROPAGATION CHANNEL;

ANTENNAS; DISPERSIONS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 84855417112     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2167927     Document Type: Article

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