Title :
Time and site diversity gain: A close relationship
Author :
Capsoni, Carlo ; D´Amico, Michele ; Nebuloni, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
Site and time diversity are countermeasures used in satellite links to mitigate outage due to rain attenuation; in this paper these techniques will be compared through radar simulation, and the close mutual relationship highlighted.
Keywords :
diversity reception; radar; rain; satellite links; countermeasures; outage mitigation; rain attenuation; satellite links; site diversity gain; time diversity gain; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Delay effects; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Diversity methods; Frequency diversity; Radar countermeasures; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar; radar simulation; rain attenuation; satellite communications; site diversity; time diversity;
Conference_Titel :
Satellite and Space Communications, 2009. IWSSC 2009. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Tuscany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4384-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3559-3
DOI :
10.1109/IWSSC.2009.5286387
