Modeling and simulation of mobile satellite propagation

Author

Barts, R. Michael ; Stutzman, Warren L.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

40

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

375

Lastpage

382

Abstract

Mobile satellite systems are subject to severe fading due to blockage of the line-of-sight (LOS) path by roadside vegetation. A thorough understanding of the fading effects is necessary for the design of a reliable land-mobile satellite system. Analytical and empirical models are presented for predicting fade statistics for vegetative shadowing of mobile satellite terminals. A software simulator for generating simulated fade data is also presented. A physical model relating physical path parameters to propagation model parameters is presented, and results using the model are shown

Keywords

fading; mobile radio systems; radiowave propagation; satellite relay systems; LOS; analytical models; empirical models; fading; land-mobile satellite system; line-of-sight; path parameters; physical model; propagation model parameters; radiowave propagation; simulated fade data; software simulator; vegetative shadowing; Absorption; Fading; Fresnel reflection; Mobile communication; NASA; Polarization; Satellites; Shadow mapping; Statistics; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.138838

Filename

138838