Radio wave propagation in curved rectangular tunnels at 5.8 GHz for metro applications, simulations and measurements

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Masson, Emilie ^a   Cocheril, Yann ^a   Combeau, Pierre ^b   Aveneau, Lilian ^b   Berbineau, Marion ^a   Vauzelle, Rodolphe ^b   Fayt, Etienne ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Arch shaped tunnels; Curved tunnels; Metro applications; Ray launching; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; FADING (RADIO); RADIO WAVES;

COMPARISONS WITH MEASUREMENTS; CURVED SURFACES; CURVED TUNNELS; RAY LAUNCHING; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; RECTANGULAR TUNNEL; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84910059849     PISSN: 16871472     EISSN: 16871499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2011-202     Document Type: Article

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