Propagation modelling and measurements in a populated indoor environment at 5.2 GHz

Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, AusWireless 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 550-557

  Ziri Castro, K I ^a   Evans, N E ^b   Scanlon, W G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE FADE DURATION; CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; INDOOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; LEVEL CROSSING RATES; MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL CHANNEL VARIATIONS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84893404285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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