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3. Earth-Satellite Propagation Experiments and Statistical Analyses

Authors : Arsim Kelmendi, Aleš Švigelj, Tomaž Javornik, Andrej Hrovat

Published in: Site Diversity in Satellite Communications

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Abstract

To understand, characterise, and model tropospheric impairments worldwide, propagation-measurement experiments for high-frequency satellite-communications systems have been conducted for several decades. These efforts have led to advances in the development of new space applications and the continued improvement of existing satellite services. In this chapter, Earth-satellite measurement campaigns focusing on our own experiments with Ka band beacon receivers conducted in Slovenia and Austria are presented. The focus is on the site-diversity configuration, data processing, and statistical analyses of the attenuation. Based on our own measurements, site-diversity performance is analysed in terms of the CCDFs of attenuation and equi-probable diversity gains for different combinations of ground stations.

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Title: Earth-Satellite Propagation Experiments and Statistical Analyses
Authors: Arsim Kelmendi
Aleš Švigelj
Tomaž Javornik
Andrej Hrovat
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Book: Site Diversity in Satellite Communications
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-26273-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-26274-6

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26274-6_3