Title :
LMDS diversity systems: a new performance model incorporating stratified rain
Author :
Panagopoulos, Athanasios D. ; Arapoglou, Pantelis-Daniel M. ; Chatzarakis, George E. ; Kanellopoulos, John D. ; Cottis, Panayotis G.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Pedagogical & Technol. Educ., Heraklion, Greece
Abstract :
Cell-site diversity may prove an efficient fade mitigation technique to increase the availability of local multipoint distribution service systems, in this Letter, a recently suggested physical model for the prediction of cell-site diversity performance is properly modified to include stratified rain. The model-obtained is satisfactorily verified using radar derived data from UK and Canada. Simulated BEP results concerning LMDS diversity systems are also presented.
Keywords :
cellular radio; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; radio access networks; radio links; radiowave propagation; rain; BEP; Canada; LMDS systems; UK; bit error probability; cell-site diversity; diversity reception; fade mitigation technique; local multipoint distribution service systems; radio propagation; stratified rain; Attenuation; Availability; Costs; Diversity reception; Power system protection; Predictive models; Radar; Radio link; Radio propagation; Rain;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2005.02015
