Title :
Link quality assessment in mobile satellite communication systems
Author :
Santos, Victor ; Neves, José
Author_Institution :
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotecnica, Instituto Superior de Coimbra, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper presents a simulation tool aimed to assess the relation between the link quality and the overall capacity on a MSS (mobile satellite system). This tool is particularly appropriated to compare different radio interfaces and to estimate the applicability of the UTRA radio interface in future satellite systems. Moreover, it permits the analysis of innovative radio resource management techniques. All the models included in the simulator, namely spotbeam projection on the Earth, multibeam antennas and radio propagation models are also presented.
Keywords :
mobile satellite communication; multibeam antennas; radio access networks; radio links; radiowave propagation; telecommunication network management; UTRA radio interface; link quality; link quality assessment; mobile satellite communication systems; multibeam antennas; radio propagation models; radio resource management techniques; simulation tool; Antennas and propagation; Artificial satellites; Earth; Hardware; Quality assessment; Resource management; Satellite broadcasting; Software tools; Solid modeling; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2003. PIMRC 2003. 14th IEEE Proceedings on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7822-9
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2003.1264303
