Characterization of the ultra-wideband channel in confined environments with diffracting rough surfaces

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 859-877

  Chehri, Abdellah ^a   Fortier, Paul ^a   Tardif, Pierre Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel models; Delay spread; Multipath delay profiles; Ultra Wideband; Underground mines

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE CHANNELS; CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS; CHANNEL MODEL; COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIES; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; DELAY SPREAD; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; EXCESS DELAY; FADING STATISTICS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCIES; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; MULTI-PATH; MULTIPATH DELAY PROFILES; PATH LOSS; PROPAGATION CHANNELS; QUEBEC , CANADA; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RMS DELAY SPREAD; ROUGH SURFACES; STATISTICAL CHANNEL MODELING; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND CHANNELS; UNDERGROUND MINE; UWB PROPAGATION CHANNEL; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84856732996     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-010-0097-2     Document Type: Article

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