Selection combining site diversity performance in high altitude platform networks

Panagopoulos, AD; Georgiadou, EM; Kanellopoulos, JD

dc.contributor.author	Panagopoulos, AD	en
dc.contributor.author	Georgiadou, EM	en
dc.contributor.author	Kanellopoulos, JD	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:27:14Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:27:14Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	1089-7798	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18353
dc.subject	Atmospheric attenuation	en
dc.subject	High Altitude Platform Network (HAPN)	en
dc.subject	Radio communication	en
dc.subject	Radio spectrum management	en
dc.subject	Rainfall inhomogeneity	en
dc.subject	Selection combining	en
dc.subject	Site diversity	en
dc.subject.classification	Telecommunications	en
dc.subject.other	Atmospherics	en
dc.subject.other	Correlation methods	en
dc.subject.other	Diversity reception	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Rain	en
dc.subject.other	Statistics	en
dc.subject.other	Telecommunication networks	en
dc.subject.other	Atmospheric attenuation	en
dc.subject.other	High altitude platform network	en
dc.subject.other	Radio spectrum management	en
dc.subject.other	Site diversity	en
dc.subject.other	Radio communication	en
dc.title	Selection combining site diversity performance in high altitude platform networks	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/LCOMM.2007.070801	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2007.070801	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	High Altitude Platform Networks operating in Kabands and V-bands exhibit severe degradation due to multiple atmospheric phenomena. In such frequencies, site diversity is a very efficient fade mitigation technique. This letter introduces a novel physical analytical model for the evaluation of selection combining site diversity error performance, taking into account the spatial correlation of rain attenuation and the total attenuation statistics. The outage performance of selection combining reception is being calculated through exact close-form formulas. Numerical results highlight the significant improvement against single site reception and determine the optimum relative positioning of main and diverse sites. © 2007 IEEE.	en
heal.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC	en
heal.journalName	IEEE Communications Letters	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/LCOMM.2007.070801	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000250290200007	en
dc.identifier.volume	11	en
dc.identifier.issue	10	en
dc.identifier.spage	787	en
dc.identifier.epage	789	en