• DocumentCode
    3671276
  • Title

    Propagation measurements campaign in Athens with ALPHASAT at Ka-band using Software Defined Radio technologies

  • Author

    A.Z. Papafragkakis;N.K. Lyras;C.I. Kourogiorgas;A.D. Panagopoulos

  • Author_Institution
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou, 157 80, Zografou Greece
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    634
  • Lastpage
    637
  • Abstract
    The present work illustrates the basic concepts and challenges involved in the implementation of a Software Defined Radio (SDR) receiver targeting ALPHASAT´s Ka-band beacon; the receiver measures the beacon´s power which can later be correlated with meteorological data in an effort to statistically describe the various propagation phenomena. This shall allow the development of more accurate propagation models that are required for the reliable design of high throughput satellite networks at Ka band and above.
  • Keywords
    "Receivers","Satellites","Satellite broadcasting","Computers","Frequency measurement","Antenna measurements","Atmospheric measurements"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2015 International Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297194
  • Filename
    7297194