Title :
Binary error probabilities on Earth-space links subject to scintillation fading
Author :
Banjo, O.P. ; Vilar, E.
Author_Institution :
Portsmouth Polytechnic, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Portsmouth, UK
Abstract :
Theoretical estimates are derived of the average probability ¿Pb¿ of bit error rate that would occur for a binary CPSK signal on an Earth-space link in the presence of scintillation fading and additive white Gaussian noise. Strong scintillations are shown to produce a significant degradation in ¿Pb¿. Experimental results of the signal amplitude distribution obtained on a 7.1° elevation satellite downlink lead to values of ¿Pb¿ against ¿Eb/No¿ which agree well with the results obtained using the theoretical Moulsley-Vilar distribution (1982).
Keywords :
error statistics; fading; radiowave propagation; satellite links; scintillation; Moulsley-Vilar distribution; additive white Gaussian noise; binary CPSK signal; binary error probabilities; bit error rate; earth-space links; satellite links; scintillation fading; signal amplitude distribution;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850212
