Title :
Error Rate Based SNR Estimation in the Railway Satellite Communication Environment
Author :
Skoutaridis, P. ; Evans, B.G.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Syst. Res., Surrey Univ., Guildford
Abstract :
The potential of an SNR estimation technique for use in links subject to multipath propagation and periodic shadowing is investigated. The proposed SNR estimator relies on the bit error rate of un-coded pilot sequences. The estimator´s performance in the presence of Ricean fading, periodic shadowing and rain attenuation is analyzed by means of simulations. The proposed technique is shown to provide good estimation performance with reduced complexity compared to existing techniques.
Keywords :
error statistics; fading; radiowave propagation; railway communication; satellite communication; Ricean fading; bit error rate based SNR estimation; multipath propagation; periodic shadowing; railway satellite communication environment; rain attenuation; uncoded pilot sequences; Analytical models; Attenuation; Digital video broadcasting; Error analysis; Performance analysis; Rail transportation; Rain fading; Satellite communication; Shadow mapping; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2008. VTC Spring 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1644-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-2252
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2008.213
