Multipath Channel Measurements and Analysis at UHF Band for LEO Satellites

Author

Sheng, Ding ; Limin, Li ; Huijie, Liu

Author_Institution

Shanghai Inst. of Microsyst. & Inf. Technol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

12-14 April 2010

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

116

Abstract

A measurement experience for the downlink channel of the low earth orbit (LEO) satellites at UHF band was carried out by utilizing a dedicated simulator which could totally simulate an in-orbit LEO satellite. Results including the spectrum of the received signal, the multipath delay over the chip period, the sub-chip multipath delay and the Ricean K-factor were presented for a wide range of propagation surroundings, such as urban, suburban, open environments. The results can be utilized to optimize the design of the LEO mobile satellite systems, especially the Rake-receiving strategy and the dynamic property of the receiver.

Keywords

Rician channels; artificial satellites; delays; radio receivers; satellite communication; LEO satellite communication systems; Rake-receiving strategy; Ricean K-factor; UHF band; downlink channel; low earth orbit satellites; multipath channel measurements; multipath delay over the chip period; sub-chip multipath delay; Analytical models; Artificial satellites; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Low earth orbit satellites; Multipath channels; Radio transmitters; Satellite broadcasting; Semiconductor device measurement; UHF measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Mobile Computing (CMC), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenzhen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6327-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6328-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMC.2010.158

Filename

5471371