Title :
Availability of 1st generation satellite personal communication network service in urban environments
Author :
Meenan, C. ; Parks, M. ; Tafazolli, R. ; Evans, B.
Author_Institution :
Mobile Commun. Res. Group, Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Abstract :
We analyse the availability of service of two proposed 1st generation satellite systems in urban environments. We present results of the projected availability of service of each of these systems in two different types of urban/city environments over the entire latitude range. These two types of urban environment are a typical American city (e.g. LA) and typical European city (e.g. London). The shadowing and satellite channel correlation information was extracted from photographs taken with a fish-eye camera lens in the aforementioned urban areas. The shadowing characteristics of the two different types of urban/city environment are compared
Keywords :
Markov processes; correlation methods; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; American city; European city; Loa Angeles; London; city environments; first generation satellite systems; fish-eye camera lens; four state Markov model; latitude; mobile satellite communication; photographs; satellite channel correlation; satellite personal communication network service; service availability; shadowing; urban environments; Artificial satellites; Availability; Cameras; Cities and towns; Data mining; Intelligent networks; Lenses; Mobile communication; Personal communication networks; Shadow mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4320-4
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1998.686525
