Improving the accuracy of exposure assessment to stochastic-like radiofrequency signals

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1169-1177

  Bechet, Paul ^a   Miclaus, Simona ^a   Bechet, Andrei Cristian ^b,c  

^a Land Forces Academy   (Romania)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ROHDE AND SCHWARZ GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency selective measurement; Radiofrequency field exposure; Wideband channel; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE EVALUATIONS; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; IEEE 802.11 STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; RADIO SIGNALS; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; RF SIGNAL; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; VECTOR SIGNAL ANALYZERS; WIDEBAND CHANNEL;

SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84867865985     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2012.2191290     Document Type: Article

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