Scanning Ka-band vehicular lens antennas for satellite and high altitude platform communications

11th European Wireless Conference 2005 - Next Generation Wireless and Mobile Communications and Services, European Wireless 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Thornton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHANNEL CODING; EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SCANNING ANTENNAS;

APERTURE EFFICIENCY; BROADBAND SERVICE; GROUND TERMINALS; HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORM; MILLIMETRE WAVES; MOVING VEHICLES; MULTISHELL STRUCTURES; SPHERICAL LENS ANTENNAS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 84946771296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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