Title :
Ionospheric scintillation effects on UHF satellite communications
Author :
Kullstam, Per A. ; Keskinen, Michael J.
Abstract :
Naturally induced high altitude ionization will cause signal scintillation effects that are of great importance to the design and deployment of military satellite systems employing frequencies below 1 GHz. The scintillation will result in Rician or Rayleigh signal fading with finite signal decorrelation time and limited coherent bandwidth of the transmission channel
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; UHF radio propagation; bandlimited communication; decorrelation; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; military communication; multipath channels; satellite communication; scintillation; Rayleigh signal fading; Rician signal fading; UHF satellite communications; finite signal decorrelation time; high altitude ionization; ionospheric scintillation effects; limited coherent bandwidth; military satellite systems; multipath propagation; signal scintillation effects; transmission channel; Bandwidth; Decorrelation; Fading; Particle scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Rician channels; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Signal design; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
MILCOM 2000. 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6521-6
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2000.904036
