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FREE-SPACE PATH LOSS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Radio Waves
DEF

The signal attenuation that would occur if all absorbing, diffracting, obstructing, scattering, and reflecting influences were sufficiently removed so as to have no effect on propagation.

OBS

free space loss; FSL: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • free space attenuation
  • free-space path loss

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Ondes radioélectriques
DEF

Affaiblissement idéal de propagation d'un signal à l'intérieur d'un espace où il n'y aurait que les deux antennes d'émission et de réception.

OBS

affaiblissement en espace libre; FSL : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Key term(s)
  • affaiblissement dans l'espace libre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
DEF

Atenuación ideal de propagación que resultaría si todas las influencias que producen obstrucción, dispersión o reflexión fueran eliminadas de manera que no tuvieran efecto sobre la propagación, cuando el medio de propagación es el espacio libre.

OBS

atenuación en el espacio libre; FSL : término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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