Analysis of blockage effects on urban cellular networks

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5070-5083

  Bai, Tianyang ^a   Vaze, Rahul ^b   Heath, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

blockage effect; Cellular network; random shape theory; stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; CELLULAR NETWORK; SHAPE THEORY; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

EID: 84907221038     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2014.2331971     Document Type: Article

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