• DocumentCode
    1637919
  • Title

    Effect of rain cell shape on fade slope statistics over simulated Earth-LEO Ka-band links

  • Author

    Liu, Weiwen ; Michelson, David G. ; Malm, Jin ; Howkins, Simon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. Vancouver, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We show that simulations of Earth-LEO Ka-band links conducted using HYCELL-based simulated rain fields: (1) yield slightly lower fade slopes than do EXCELL-based simulated rain fields and (2) fit measured data on selected Earth-GEO Ka-band links slightly better. However, the differences are very small and the slightly conservative estimates yielded by the EXCELL model are offset to a large extent by its greater simplicity.
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; radio links; rain; satellite links; statistical analysis; EXCELL model; HYCELL-based simulated rain fields; fade slope statistics; rain cell shape effect; simulated Earth-LEO Ka-band wireless links; Data models; Extraterrestrial measurements; Predictive models; Radar; Rain; Satellites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference (ANTEM-AMEREM), 2010 14th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Ottawa, ON
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5049-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5050-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552400
  • Filename
    5552400