Wind-induced slow fading in foliated fixed wireless links

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chua, Tien Han ^a   Wassell, Ian J ^a   Abd Rahman, Tharek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

fixed wireless; knife edge diffraction; link availability; shadow fading; vegetation fading; wind induced fading

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION MODELS; FADING SIMULATORS; FAST FADING; FIXED WIRELESS LINKS; FRESNEL ZONES; LINK AVAILABILITY; LONG-TERM OPERATION; MEAN WIND SPEED; MITIGATION SCHEMES; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SHADOW FADING; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SLOW ADAPTIVE; SLOW FADING; TEMPORAL FADING; TREE CANOPY; WIND-INDUCED FADING;

DIFFRACTION; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; FADING; PLANTS; RADIO;

EID: 84865019007     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2012.6240319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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