Diffraction in mm and sub-mm wave indoor propagation channels

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 3 PART 2, 2012, Pages 833-844

  Jacob, Martin ^a,b   Priebe, Sebastian ^a,b   Dickhoff, Robert ^b,c   Kleine Ostmann, Thomas ^b,c   Schrader, Thorsten ^b,c   Kürner, Thomas ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Terahertz Communications Lab   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

300 GHz; 60 GHz; Diffraction measurements; diffraction modeling; mm and sub mm wave communication; mm and sub mm wave propagation; ray tracing; THz

Indexed keywords

300 GHZ; 60 GHZ; 60 GHZ BAND; CARRIER FREQUENCY; DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS; INDOOR CHANNELS; INDOOR PROPAGATION CHANNELS; INDOOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROWAVE BANDS; MM-WAVE FREQUENCIES; PROPAGATION CHANNELS; PROPAGATION SIMULATION; REALISTIC ANTENNAS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THZ;

RAY TRACING; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84858154405     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2178859     Document Type: Article

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