Title :
A deterministic ray-tracing based model for land mobile satellite channel in urban environment
Author :
Sofos, T. ; Koutsopoulos, I. ; Constantinou, P.
Author_Institution :
Mobile Commun. Lab., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
Ray tracing algorithms are used to build deterministic models for land mobile satellite systems. The algorithm proposed can be performed in a simple way and provides results in very sort time. The model results are compared with measurements performed in the urban environment of Athens
Keywords :
land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; Athens; deterministic ray-tracing based model; land mobile satellite channel; urban environment; Artificial satellites; Delay estimation; Equations; Orbital calculations; Physical theory of diffraction; Predictive models; Propagation losses; Ray tracing; Reflection; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4320-4
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1998.686657
