DocumentCode
2293181
Title
Analysis of time-varying HF propagation characteristics
Author
Willink, T.J. ; Landry, E.C.
Author_Institution
Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fYear
1997
fDate
7-10 Jul 1997
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
74
Abstract
It is well-known that the ionosphere is very disturbed at high latitudes, which causes difficulties in establishing and maintaining high-frequency (HF) communications links. In addition to seasonal and diurnal variations, short term changes in channel parameters such as Doppler spread, multipath spread and signal-to-noise ratio are observed. In this paper, we present an analysis of data from a high-latitude HF measurement campaign which concentrates on the variability of the channel characteristics over shorter time periods
Keywords
HF radio propagation; Doppler spread; channel characteristics; channel parameters; diurnal variations; high latitudes; high-frequency communications links; high-latitude HF measurement campaign; multipath spread; seasonal variations; signal-to-noise ratio; time-varying HF propagation characteristics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
HF Radio Systems and Techniques, Seventh International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 441)
Conference_Location
Nottingham
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-85296-688-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:19970763
Filename
607556
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