Characteristics of the rotating blade channel for FH/FM communication systems

Author

Zhang, Yimin ; Hoorfar, Ahmad ; Mancuso, Vincent ; Nachamkin, Jack ; Amin, Moeness G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Villanova Univ., PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

493

Abstract

Transmitted and received signals from and at rotor-crafts are subject to intermodulations caused by the rotor blades which lead to significant signal distortion. We analyze the channel model underlying the communication systems that involve rotating blades. The systems are operated using slow frequency hopping (FH) with frequency modulation (FM). Of our particular concern is the very high frequency (VHF) band of 30-88 MHz

Keywords

Doppler effect; VHF radio propagation; aircraft communication; electromagnetic wave scattering; fading channels; frequency hop communication; frequency modulation; intermodulation distortion; military communication; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; 30 to 88 MHz; Doppler effects; FH/FM communication systems; VHF band; battlefield communication link; channel model; elevation angle; fading; frequency modulation; intermodulation; military communications; nearfield effects; received signals; receiver antenna; rotating blade channel characteristics; rotor blades; scattering component; scattering model; signal distortion; slow frequency hopping; transmitted signals; transmitter antenna; very high frequency band; Blades; Dipole antennas; Doppler effect; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency modulation; Lifting equipment; Radio transmitters; Signal processing; Spread spectrum communication; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and its Applications, Sixth International, Symposium on. 2001

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6703-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSPA.2001.950188

Filename

950188