• DocumentCode
    1035409
  • Title

    Microwave energy scattered off building surfaces shows strong dependence on orientation of city blocks

  • Author

    Ranade, A. ; Noerpel, A.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    922
  • Lastpage
    924
  • Abstract
    The interference due to reflections from city structures in terrestrial microwave communications links is studied. We find that the reflected and diffracted energy from such surfaces shows strong dependence on the orientation of major streets and varies by 25¿45 dB.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave links; radiowave propagation; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; EM wave scattering; building surfaces; city blocks orientation; diffracted energy; interference; major streets; radiowave propagation; reflections; terrestrial microwave communications links;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870650
  • Filename
    4257989
    • Link To Document
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