Empirical Path Loss Models for C-Band Airport Surface Communications

Author

Håkegård, Jan Erik ; Ringset, Vidar ; Myrvoll, Tor Andre

Author_Institution

SINTEF ICT, Trondheim, Norway

Volume

60

Issue

7

fYear

2012

fDate

7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3424

Lastpage

3431

Abstract

AeroMACS is a system currently under development for airport surface communications. It is based on the IEEE802.16-2009 standard, and is developed in cooperation with the WiMAX forum. The frequency band allocated to AeroMACS is 5091-5150 MHz. When specifying the AeroMACS system, knowledge of typical propagation conditions at airports is of importance. Typically, path loss models are used to estimate the range of a transmitter within different zones of the airport, and typically fading characteristics are used to estimate the performance of, e.g., the selected coding and modulation schemes. Propagation measurements have been performed at the Barajas airport in Madrid, Spain. The measurements includes Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) as well as Line-Of-Sight (LOS) conditions. Based on these measurements, path loss parameters and path loss models are developed for different zones of large airports.

Keywords

WiMax; aircraft communication; airports; encoding; fading; modulation; radio transmitters; radiowave propagation; AeroMACS system; Barajas airport; C-band airport surface communications; IEEE802.16-2009 standard; LOS; Madrid; NLOS; Spain; WiMAX forum; coding schemes; empirical path loss models; fading characteristics; frequency 5091 MHz to 5150 MHz; frequency band; line-of-sight; modulation schemes; non-line-of-sight; path loss models; path loss parameters; propagation conditions; propagation measurements; transmitter; Airports; Base stations; Chirp; Loss measurement; Mobile communication; Receivers; Transmitters; Aircraft communications; propagation measurements; signal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2196936

Filename

6192297