Fade/non-fade duration characteristics of land mobile satellite communication link

Fade and nonfade duration statistics of land mobile satellite communication links, which have not previously been studied systematically, are analyzed. Data used for the analysis were obtained in Southeastern Australia by receiving L-band CW signals from the Japanese Engineering Test Satellite (ETS-V). Results of the analysis show that the cumulative distributions of fade and nonfade durations follow log-normal and power law patterns, respectively. Many other interesting results were also obtained, for example, that the distribution does not depend on a threshold level defining fade and nonfade durations