Propagation model for vegetation effects in terrestrial and satellite mobile systems

Author

Sofos, Themistoklis ; Constantinou, Philip

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

52

Issue

7

fYear

2004

fDate

7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1917

Lastpage

1920

Abstract

This communication presents information about the characteristics of vegetation in terms of their effects in a propagation environment for terrestrial and satellite mobile communications. This information has been obtained through a measurement campaign and comparison of measured data and existing models. The results can be used in prediction models and ray-tracing algorithms for mobile communications and land mobile satellite systems applications. A new propagation model useful for path loss prediction in roadside tree environment is also proposed.

Keywords

environmental factors; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; land mobile satellite system; path loss prediction; prediction model; propagation model; ray-tracing algorithm; roadside tree environment; satellite mobile communication; terrestrial mobile system; vegetation effect; Antenna measurements; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Frequency; Mobile communication; Optical transmitters; Power generation; Predictive models; Transmitting antennas; Vegetation; Mobile; propagation; satellite; vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2003.818789

Filename

1310655