Further results on the statistics of propagation data at L-band (1542 MHz) for mobile satellite communications

Author

Loo, C.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont.

fYear

1991

fDate

19-22 May 1991

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

56

Abstract

Propagation data at L-band (1542 MHz) with a sample size of half a million were analyzed in terms of probability distribution of the envelope and phase of the received signal, which experienced four different fading conditions: (1) light shadowing; (2) light to heavy shadowing; (3) medium shadowing; and (4) medium to heavy shadowing. The results showed that the attenuation due to fading and shadowing is in the range of 14.0 to 21.7 dB 99% of the time and the RMS phase jitter can be as much as 19.3°. These results should be useful for the design of mobile satellite communications systems

Keywords

fading; mobile radio systems; radiowave propagation; satellite relay systems; 14 to 21.7 dB; 1542 MHz; L-band; RMS phase jitter; attenuation; fading; heavy shadowing; light shadowing; medium shadowing; mobile satellite communications; probability distribution; radiowave propagation statistics; Fading; Jitter; Optical attenuators; Optical propagation; Probability distribution; Satellite communication; Shadow mapping; Signal analysis; Statistical distributions; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1991. Gateway to the Future Technology in Motion., 41st IEEE

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-87942-582-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1991.140443

Filename

140443