Measurement and modeling of noise and interference in aircraft system

This paper provides a detailed interference analysis extending the detailed transmission equation model and studies the effect of each individual interference parameter on the estimated capacity. Noise is modeled as either additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) or a non-Gaussian distribution α-stable distribution. This paper evaluates the accuracy with which the performance of a multi-antenna system can be predicted in aircraft in the presence of interference and noise using a site-specific 3D ray tracing algorithm as well as with a more generalized detailed signal model (DSM). The results obtained from these models are compared with the measurements in a Beech Baron BE 58P, which is a small commercial aircraft with a nose to tail dimension of 29.8 feet and a metal body and Rockwell T-39 Sabreliner is a mid-size aircraft with a nose to tail dimension of 50 feet and a composite body.