Rice factor estimation from the channel phase

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1976-1980

  Ren, Jinyun ^a   Vaughan, Rodney G ^b  

^a Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

absolute phase; channel phase; estimation; MIMO; Rice factor

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PHASE; ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL; CHANNEL PHASE; ISOTROPIC SCATTERING; LINEAR TRAJECTORY; MIMO COMMUNICATION; RECEIVE ANTENNA; RICE CHANNEL; RICE FACTOR; SIMPLE OPERATION; SPATIAL SAMPLING;

MIMO SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84862874450     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2012.040412.091208     Document Type: Article

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