Statistical channel modelling and performance evaluation in satellite personal communications

International Journal of Satellite Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Vatalaro, Francesco ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mazzenga, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^d FACE Standard   (Italy)

^e Intecs SpA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel modelling; IMT 2000; Low altitude earth orbit satellites; Mobile communications; Performance analyses; Personal communications; UMTS

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES; SATELLITE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; STATISTICAL CHANNEL MODELING;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032155799     PISSN: 07372884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1247(199809/10)16:5<249::AID-SAT611>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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