Site versus orbital diversity: Performance comparison based on propagation characteristics at the Ku Band and above

Panagopoulos, AD; Arapoglou, P-DM; Cottis, PG

dc.contributor.author	Panagopoulos, AD	en
dc.contributor.author	Arapoglou, P-DM	en
dc.contributor.author	Cottis, PG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:21:25Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:21:25Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	1536-1225	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/16230
dc.subject	Orbital diversity	en
dc.subject	Rain-fade mitigation techniques	en
dc.subject	Satellite communications	en
dc.subject	Site diversity	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.classification	Telecommunications	en
dc.subject.other	Orbital diversity	en
dc.subject.other	Rain fade mitigation techniques	en
dc.subject.other	Site diversity	en
dc.subject.other	Very small aperture terminal (VSAT)	en
dc.subject.other	Algorithms	en
dc.subject.other	Bandwidth	en
dc.subject.other	Computer simulation	en
dc.subject.other	Diversity reception	en
dc.subject.other	Electromagnetic wave attenuation	en
dc.subject.other	Electromagnetic wave propagation	en
dc.subject.other	Fading (radio)	en
dc.subject.other	Rain	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite ground stations	en
dc.subject.other	Switching	en
dc.subject.other	Satellite communication systems	en
dc.title	Site versus orbital diversity: Performance comparison based on propagation characteristics at the Ku Band and above	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/LAWP.2004.827898	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2004.827898	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	Site and orbital diversity are effective techniques to mitigate rain fades for high availability satellite communication systems located in heavy rain climatic regions operating at Ku and above frequency bands. Their performance is mainly affected by geometrical separation parameters, i.e., the separation distance between earth stations and the angular separation between satellites, respectively. In this letter, a simple model compatible with the suggestions of ITU-R is presented for the technical choice between the two diversity techniques yielding the same joint exceedance probability or, equivalently, the same diversity gain. The proposed prediction model is tested against simulated data coming from Italy with encouraging results.	en
heal.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/LAWP.2004.827898	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000208265900007	en
dc.identifier.volume	3	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	26	en
dc.identifier.epage	29	en