Ka-band earth-space propagation research in japan

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 821-842

  Karasawa, Yoshio ^a   Maekawa, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth space path; Ka band propagation experiment; Mobile satellite systems; Onboard resources sharing; Radiometeorology; Rain attenuation; XPD

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS;

CROSS POLARIZATION DISCRIMINATION (XPD); KA BAND PROPAGATION; MOBILE SATELLITE SYSTEMS; RADIOMETEOROLOGY; RESOURCES SHARING;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031164150     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.598407     Document Type: Article

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