A physical-statistical propagation model for diversity in mobile satellite PCN

Author

Tzaras, C. ; Saunders, S.R. ; Evans, B.G.

Author_Institution

CCSR, Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

525

Abstract

This paper proposes a physical-statistical model of satellite diversity, for particular application to non-geostationary satellite PCN systems operated in built-up areas. The output of the model is an explicit formulation for the correlation between shadowing states associated with pairs of satellites, which can be used as input for Markov models of the satellite channel. Results are presented for a number of practical cases and are found to be in excellent agreement with analysis of real buildings

Keywords

Markov processes; diversity reception; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; probability; radiowave propagation; statistical analysis; Markov models; built-up areas; mobile satellite systems; non-geostationary satellite PCN systems; personal communication networks; physical-statistical model; radio propagation model; satellite channel; satellite diversity; shadowing states; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Azimuth; Buildings; Electromagnetic propagation; Geometry; Personal communication networks; Predictive models; Shadow mapping; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686629

Filename

686629