Considerations on short distance diversity gain and dynamic rain fade

20th AIAA International Communication Satellite Systems Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Enjamio, C ^a,b   Vilar, E ^a   Gremont, B ^a   Fontan, F P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity gain; Diversity improvement; Fade mitigation; Raincell structure; Site diversity; VSAT

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; RAIN;

DIVERSITY GAIN; DIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT; FADE MITIGATION; SITE DIVERSITY; VSAT;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85085777726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-1951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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