MIMO-UWB channel characterization within an underground mine gallery

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4866-4874

  Ben Mabrouk, Ismail ^a   Talbi, Larbi ^a   Nedil, Mourad ^b   Hettak, Khelifa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity; multipath; propagation; underground mine

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS; ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; CAPACITY; CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; CHANNEL CORRELATION; CHANNEL PARAMETER; COHERENCE BANDWIDTH; HIGH-SPEED; LINE OF SIGHT; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MULTIPATH; MULTIPLE INPUTS; PATH LOSS; PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENT; RECEIVED POWER; TIME DISPERSION; UNDERGROUND MINE; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MIMO SYSTEMS; MINING MACHINERY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 84867372413     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2207361     Document Type: Article

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