Ray-tracing model for land mobile satellite systems

Author

Sofos, T. ; Markelos, N. ; Bitsios, J. ; Petalas, A. ; Tsoukos, G. ; Constantinou, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1417

Abstract

This paper presents a ray tracing algorithm that can be used in an urban environment for land mobile satellite systems. The basic characteristics are simplicity and fast processing time. The principle of the algorithm is to reduce the rays to be checked via a geometrical method. The algorithm can be used for several scenarios of the mobile vicinity and satellite constellation. An improvement of the algorithm is also proposed and performed for a certain area

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; fading channels; geometrical theory of diffraction; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; diffraction coefficients; fast fading; fast processing time; geometrical method; geometrical optics; geometrical theory of diffraction; land mobile satellite systems; multipath phenomena; polarization characteristics; propagation path; ray tracing algorithm; ray-tracing model; reflection coefficients; satellite constellation; scatterers; urban environment; Attenuation; Azimuth; Geometrical optics; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Optical reflection; Physical theory of diffraction; Polarization; Ray tracing; Satellite constellations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5435-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.1999.801496

Filename

801496