Broadband Communications via High Altitude Platforms

Broadband Communications via High Altitude Platforms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Grace, David ^a   Mohorĉiĉ, Mihael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470971840     Document Type: Book

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