• DocumentCode
    1235561
  • Title

    Satellite-Aircraft Multipath and Ranging Experiment Results at L Band

  • Author

    Sutton, Robert W. ; Schroeder, Edgar H. ; Thompson, Allan D. ; Wilson, Stephen G.

  • Author_Institution
    Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, WA, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    5/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    639
  • Lastpage
    647
  • Abstract
    Results of a flight test program involving a KC-135 jet airplane, the synchronous ATS-5 L -band satellite, and a ground station are presented. Tests included over-ocean multipath measurements and one-way tone ranging within the 1545-1655 MHz frequency band. Amplitude characteristics, polarization, power spectral density, and selective fading properties were measured for sea-reflected and composite signal channels. CW tone-ranging performance was determined in both the thermal noise and multipath environments. Comparison of experimental results with theoretical expectation is given.
  • Keywords
    Aircraft navigation; Multipath propagation; Radio distance measurement; Satellite navigation systems; UHF propagation; Airplanes; FAA; Fading; Frequency; L-band; Polarization; RF signals; Satellite ground stations; Sea measurements; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1973.1091693
  • Filename
    1091693
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1235561