Title :
Tropospheric effects on design of line-of-sight space-diversity system
Author :
Tsao, Carson K.H.
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Co., Communications Systems Laboratory, Norwood, USA
Abstract :
The successful application of space diversity to achieve a high propagation reliability over line-of-sight microwave links requires proper separation between diversity antennas, whereby the signals received at the antennas are sufficiently decorrelated. The multipath-propagation model is examined, and en expression is derived for the envelope correlation coefficient which is a function of antenna spacing and is dependent on the parameters of the troposphere.
Keywords :
diversity reception; microwave antennas; microwave links; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; design; diversity reception; envelope correlation coefficient; fading; line of sight space diversity system; microwave antennas; microwave links; radiowave propagation effects; tropospheric effects; tropospheric propagation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720282
