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Satellite-to-indoor Propagation Modelling for LEOS Communication Systems

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Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications 3

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This paper describes a computer model for the radio wave propagation channel of Low Earth Orbit Satellites (LEOS) communication systems. The model assumes that the user receives the satellite-transmitted signal either in an outdoor or indoor environment. The paper describes the equations of Doppler shift, elevation angle, and distance between satellite and the user at different times. It discusses how the frequency implementation of the Doppler filter in a fading channel can be improved by using a zero-packing technique. It also addresses the fact that delay spread power distribution can be approximated by the square of the ratio between the shortest time delay and the time delay.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Campus, Queensland, 407Aff2, Australia

    Sandy Lien & Mikhail Cherniakov

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  1. “Tor Vergata” Department of Eloctronics Engineering, University of Roma, Via di Tor Vergata, 00133, Roma, Italy

    Marina Ruggieri (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Lien, S., Cherniakov, M. (1999). Satellite-to-indoor Propagation Modelling for LEOS Communication Systems. In: Ruggieri, M. (eds) Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications 3. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0809-2_25

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