Channel characterisation for highly elliptical orbits

Author

Smith, H. ; Barton, S.K. ; Sforza, M. ; Arbesser-Rastburg, B.

Author_Institution

ESA-ESTEC, Nordwijk, Netherlands

fYear

1992

fDate

33686

Firstpage

42461

Lastpage

42466

Abstract

A collaborative research programme has been set up by the European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC), the UK Radiocommunications agency and the University of Bradford, to perform field measurements on the HEO satellite-mobile channel. No satellites having suitable orbits and beacons are available hence a light aircraft fitted with a CW transmitter at 2.6188 GHz has been used to simulate the high elevation satellite. On the ground, a mobile receiver records the varying signal strength at the vehicle antenna in time synchronism with a vehicle speed signal and position (navigation) information. At these frequencies propagation statistics are both elevation and environment dependent. CDFs for the channel at S-band in open rural, tree-shadowed, suburban and urban areas are reported

Keywords

aircraft communication; direct broadcasting by satellite; mobile radio systems; radiowave propagation; satellite relay systems; telecommunication channels; 2.6188 GHz; CDF; HEO satellite-mobile channel; S-band; UHF; aircraft communication; cumulative distribution functions; highly elliptical orbits; mobile receiver; open rural areas; propagation statistics; simulation; suburban areas; tree-shadowed areas; urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Satellite Sound Broadcasting, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

Filename

168017