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multipath

Refers to a radio signal that winds up taking two or more paths because the signal is reflected off buildings or other obstructions. Although multipath is a problem with all kinds of radio transmission, ghosts on a TV channel are an example of multipath that you can see with your own eyes. See antenna diversity.


multipath [′məl·tə‚path]
(electromagnetism)


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UHF tags, however, are subject to multipath interference(*2), an inherent problem of electromagnetic signals, which can make an RFID tag unreadable even if it is within the range of the reader.
The wireless channel is unpredictable because of factors such as multipath fading, shadowing, Doppler spread, and time dispersion or delay spread.
signed a distribution deal with Woodland Hills-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment for launching 3-D animated films through the Internet on the Multipath Movie Channel, on Time Warner's Entertaindom Web site.
 
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