Statistical analysis of 19.7 GHz satellite beacon measurements in Ljubljana, Slovenia

8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 681-685

  Kuhar, Urban ^a   Hrovat, Andrej ^a   Kandus, Gorazd ^a   Vilhar, Andrej ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Beacon signal; Eutelsat hot bird 13A; Measurements; Satellite signal propagation

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MEASUREMENTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SATELLITES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE RADIO;

ATTENUATION; BEACON SIGNALS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; GNU RADIO SOFTWARES; HOT BIRD; PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 84908626599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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