• DocumentCode
    3501814
  • Title

    Error Rate Based SNR Estimation in the Railway Satellite Communication Environment

  • Author

    Skoutaridis, P. ; Evans, B.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Commun. Syst. Res., Surrey Univ., Guildford
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    11-14 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    994
  • Lastpage
    998
  • Abstract
    The potential of an SNR estimation technique for use in links subject to multipath propagation and periodic shadowing is investigated. The proposed SNR estimator relies on the bit error rate of un-coded pilot sequences. The estimator´s performance in the presence of Ricean fading, periodic shadowing and rain attenuation is analyzed by means of simulations. The proposed technique is shown to provide good estimation performance with reduced complexity compared to existing techniques.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; fading; radiowave propagation; railway communication; satellite communication; Ricean fading; bit error rate based SNR estimation; multipath propagation; periodic shadowing; railway satellite communication environment; rain attenuation; uncoded pilot sequences; Analytical models; Attenuation; Digital video broadcasting; Error analysis; Performance analysis; Rail transportation; Rain fading; Satellite communication; Shadow mapping; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference, 2008. VTC Spring 2008. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • ISSN
    1550-2252
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1644-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1550-2252
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VETECS.2008.213
  • Filename
    4525769