Broadband millimeter-wave propagation measurements and models using adaptive-beam antennas for outdoor Urban cellular communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1850-1859

  Rappaport, Theodore S ^a   Gutierrez, Felix ^a,b   Ben Dor, Eshar ^c   Murdock, James N ^d,e   Qiao, Yijun ^f   Tamir, Jonathan I ^g  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c Javelin Semiconductor   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^f Rice University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

38 GHz; Angle of arrival (AOA); beamforming antennas; cellular; fifth generation (5G); millimeter wave propagation measurements; mobile communications

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MILLIMETER WAVES; STEERABLE ANTENNAS;

38 GHZ; ANGLE OF ARRIVAL; BEAMFORMING ANTENNA; CELLULAR; FIFTH GENERATION (5G); MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84876046476     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2235056     Document Type: Article

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