Millimeter-wave human blockage at 73 GHz with a simple double knife-edge diffraction model and extension for directional antennas

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 0, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Maccartney, George R ^a   Deng, Sijia ^a   Sun, Shu ^a   Rappaport, Theodore S ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

73 GHz; Blockage; Diffraction; Double knifeedge; Human shadowing; METIS; Millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; DIFFRACTION; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TRANSMITTERS;

73 GHZ; BLOCKAGE; DOUBLE KNIFEEDGE; HUMAN SHADOWING; METIS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 85016953718     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VTCFall.2016.7881087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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