Towards THz communications - Status in research, standardization and regulation

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-62

  Kürner, Thomas ^a   Priebe, Sebastian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Regulation; Standardization; THz channel modeling; THz communications

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL MODEL; HIGH SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY; REGULATION; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRUM REGULATION; THZ COMMUNICATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH BANDWIDTH; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84897723777     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-013-0014-3     Document Type: Article

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