Title :
System Performance Degradation Due to Scintillations on Satellite Links
Author :
Merlo, U. ; Polikronakis, J. ; Piazzolla, S.
Author_Institution :
FONDAZIONE U. BORDONI Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Computation of Bit Error Ratio due to the attenuating part of scintillations is performed for the case of binary coherent phase shift keying. The effect of finite antenna area is also discussed and evaluated through a series of examples of scintillations on satellite-earth links.
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Degradation; Fluctuations; Phase shift keying; Power system modeling; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Signal to noise ratio; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1986. 16th European
Conference_Location :
Dublin, Ireland
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1986.334199
