Title :
A probabilistic mispointing analysis for land mobile satellite communications systems with directive antennas
Author :
Schodorf, Jeffrey B.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A probabilistic analysis of the antenna mispointing phenomenon observed in many land mobile satellite communications systems is presented. Specifically, the PDF of the total mispointing error is derived under the assumption of Gaussian distributed azimuth and elevation mispointing. Both equal and unequal variances with respect to azimuth and elevation mispointing are considered. Moreover, the effect of mispointing on average bit error rate is also determined analytically. The analysis is applicable to a wide range of pointing systems and antenna types.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; directive antennas; error statistics; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; receiving antennas; satellite tracking; ACTS mobile terminal; Advanced Communications Technology Satellite; Gaussian distributed azimuth mispointing; Gaussian distributed elevation mispointing; PDF; antenna mispointing; antenna tracking; average BER; average bit error rate; directive antennas; elliptically-shaped reflector antenna; equal variances; land mobile satellite communications systems; mispointing error; mobile propagation experiments; pointing systems; probabilistic mispointing analysis; unequal variances; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Bit error rate; Directive antennas; Laboratories; Mobile antennas; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Fall. IEEE VTS 54th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7005-8
DOI :
10.1109/VTC.2001.956606
