Trans-ionospheric propagation experiment at HF-band: Channel measurement and modelling

Author

Lacoste, Frederic ; Fabbro, Vincent ; Lemorton, Joel ; Decerprit, Guillaume ; Fleury, Rolland ; Pagani, Pascal ; Carvalho, Francoise ; Rougerie, Sebastien

Author_Institution

CNES, Toulouse, France

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The HFPE technological experiment aims at consolidating a new concept of long range transmissions between ground and the Low Earth Orbit. This concept relies on over-the-horizon transionospheric links in the HF-band. To prepare this experiment, propagation modelling and measurements have been carried out. In particular, a HF link planning software, MSATIS, has been tested with respect to experimental data, and improved. One of the major improvements is a global prediction of the ionospheric foF2 and hmF2 characteristics based on IONEX data. For air interface optimization, multipath effects not addressed by MSATIS had also to be characterized. Ray launching has been used to identify typical short-term propagation channels representative of HFPE propagation conditions.

Keywords

ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; wireless channels; HF link planning software; HF-band; HFPE propagation conditions; HFPE technological experiment; IONEX data; Low Earth Orbit; MSATIS; air interface optimization; channel measurement; channel modelling; ionospheric characteristics; long range transmissions; multipath effects; over-the-horizon transionospheric links; propagation modelling; ray launching; short-term propagation channels; trans-ionospheric propagation experiment; Computational modeling; Delays; Doppler effect; Ionosphere; Orbits; Satellites; Standards; HF propagation; Trans-ionospheric propagation; diveegence; multipath; over-the-horizon; prediction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228781