Italsat-Olympus 20-GHz orbital diversity experiment at Spino d´Adda

Author

Matricciani, Emilio ; Mauri, Mario

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Elettron. e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Volume

43

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

108

Abstract

This paper reports results of the 20 GHz orbital diversity experiment between the geostationary satellites Olympus (19°W) and Italsat (13°E), as viewed from Spino d´Adda, Po Valley, northern Italy. The results show that: (a) the statistical gain is significant; and (b) for a small angular separation in the geostationary orbit between the satellites (32° in our experiment) the gain, normalized to single link attenuation and expressed in percent, is, as a rule of thumb, of the order of magnitude of this angle expressed in degrees, 30% in our experiment

Keywords

attenuation measurement; diversity reception; gain measurement; microwave propagation; rain; satellite communication; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 20 GHz; Italsat satellite; Italy; Olympus satellite; Po Valley; SHF; Spino d´Adda; angular separation; geostationary satellites; orbital diversity experiment; rain attenuation; single link attenuation; statistical gain; Attenuation measurement; Databases; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency synchronization; Probability; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Thumb; Time series analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.366358

Filename

366358