TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of spatial and temporal properties of Ka/Q band earth-space radio channel across Europe using Alphasat Aldo Paraboni payload
AU - Ventouras, Spiros
AU - Martellucci, Antonio
AU - Reeves, Richard
AU - Rumi, Emal
AU - Fontan, Fernando P.
AU - Machado, Fernando
AU - Pastoriza, Vicente
AU - Rocha, Armando
AU - Mota, Susana
AU - Jorge, Flavio
AU - Panagopoulos, Athanasios D.
AU - Papafragkakis, Apostolos Z.
AU - Kourogiorgas, Charilaos I.
AU - Fiser, Ondrej
AU - Pek, Viktor
AU - Pesice, Petr
AU - Grabner, Martin
AU - Vilhar, Andrej
AU - Kelmendi, Arsim
AU - Hrovat, Andrej
AU - Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Danielle
AU - Quibus, Laurent
AU - Goussetis, George
AU - Coutsouris, Alexios
AU - Nessel, James
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - The upcoming migration of satellite services to higher bands, namely, the Ka- and Q/V-bands, offers many advantages in terms of bandwidth and system capacity. However, it poses challenges as propagation effects introduced by the various atmospheric phenomena are particularly pronounced in these bands and can become a serious constraint in terms of system reliability and performance. This paper presents the goals, organisation, and preliminary results of an ongoing large-scale European coordinated propagation campaign using the Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Ka/Q band signal payload on satellite, performed by a wide scientific consortium in the framework of a European Space Agency (ESA) project. The main objective of this activity is the experimental characterisation of the spatial and temporal correlation over Europe of the radio channel at Ka and Q band for future modelling activities and to collect data for development and testing of fading mitigation techniques.
AB - The upcoming migration of satellite services to higher bands, namely, the Ka- and Q/V-bands, offers many advantages in terms of bandwidth and system capacity. However, it poses challenges as propagation effects introduced by the various atmospheric phenomena are particularly pronounced in these bands and can become a serious constraint in terms of system reliability and performance. This paper presents the goals, organisation, and preliminary results of an ongoing large-scale European coordinated propagation campaign using the Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Ka/Q band signal payload on satellite, performed by a wide scientific consortium in the framework of a European Space Agency (ESA) project. The main objective of this activity is the experimental characterisation of the spatial and temporal correlation over Europe of the radio channel at Ka and Q band for future modelling activities and to collect data for development and testing of fading mitigation techniques.
KW - Aldo Paraboni payload
KW - Alphasat
KW - ASALASCA
KW - ASAPE
KW - fade mitigation techniques
KW - Ka band
KW - measurement campaign
KW - Q band
KW - satellite communication services
KW - slant path radio propagation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067482909&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/sat.1313
DO - 10.1002/sat.1313
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067482909
SN - 1542-0973
VL - 37
SP - 477
EP - 501
JO - International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking
JF - International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking
IS - 5
ER -