Incoherent scattering-center representations and parameterizations for automobiles

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-148

  Buddendick, Hermann ^a   Eibert, Thomas F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

mobile communications; radar; radar cross section; ray tracing; road vehicles; Scattering; wave propagation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; BISTATIC; BISTATIC RADAR CROSS SECTION; FAR-FIELD; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE PROPAGATION; MOBILE SCENARIOS; MODELING RESULTS; NEAR FIELD EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RAY METHOD; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; ROAD VEHICLES; SCATTERING CENTERS; SCATTERING OBJECTS; SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RAY TRACING; SCATTERING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862002154     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2012.6202527     Document Type: Article

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