On HF communication link parameter estimation in the Baltic region

Author

Lossmann, E. ; Meister, M. -A ; Madar, U.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio & Commun. Eng., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia

fYear

2011

fDate

12-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

812

Lastpage

814

Abstract

The paper summarizes the results of measurements of background noise level and electromagnetic field strength at four shortwave reception sites in Estonia. Measured background noise levels were compared with reference levels given by ITU-R P.372. The fading in relatively short HF radio links was modelled using the Rician channel model with surface wave as a specular component and sky wave as an incoherent component of the received signal.

Keywords

HF radio propagation; Rician channels; electromagnetic fields; noise measurement; parameter estimation; radio links; radio reception; Baltic region; HF communication link parameter estimation; ITU-R P.372; Rician channel model; background noise level measurement; electromagnetic field strength; incoherent received signal component; short HF radio link fading; shortwave reception site; sky wave; specular received signal component; surface wave; Bit error rate; Fading; Frequency measurement; Monitoring; Noise measurement; Rician channels; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2011 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0046-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APWC.2011.6046802

Filename

6046802