Large scale assessment of Ka/Q band atmospheric channel across Europe with ALPHASAT TDP5: The augmented network

Spiros Ventouras; Richard Reeves; Emal Rumi; Fernando Perez-Fontan; Fernando Machado; Vicente Pastoriza; Armando Rocha; Susana Mota; Flavio Jorge; Athanasios D. Panagopoulos; Apostolos Z. Papafragkakis; Charilaos I. Kourogiorgas; Ondrej Fiser; Viktor Pek; Petr Pesice; Martin Grabner; Andrej Vilhar; Arsim Kelmendi; Andrej Hrovat; Danielle Vanhoenacker-Janvier; Alberto Graziani; Laurent Quibus; George Goussetis

doi:10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928299

Large scale assessment of Ka/Q band atmospheric channel across Europe with ALPHASAT TDP5: The augmented network

Spiros Ventouras
, Richard Reeves
, Emal Rumi
, Fernando Perez-Fontan
, Fernando Machado
, Vicente Pastoriza
, Armando Rocha
, Susana Mota
, Flavio Jorge
, Athanasios D. Panagopoulos
, Apostolos Z. Papafragkakis
, Charilaos I. Kourogiorgas
, Ondrej Fiser
, Viktor Pek
, Petr Pesice
, Martin Grabner
, Andrej Vilhar
, Arsim Kelmendi
, Andrej Hrovat
, Danielle Vanhoenacker-Janvier

Alberto Graziani, Laurent Quibus, George Goussetis

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Abstract

The upcoming migration of satellite services to higher bands, namely the Ka- and Q-bands offers many advantages in terms of bandwidth, data rates 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 outlines the goals, organization and some first results of an ongoing large propagation campaign consortium formed across Europe under the supervision of the European Space Agency; the campaign, shall ultimately assist in the validation and development of channel models targeting these-bands. Finally, the consideration of diverse climatic conditions and elevation angles along with the evaluation of the frequency and spatio-temporal effects, shall support the development of Fading and Mitigation Techniques and their assessment using real data.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9788890701870
ISBN (Print)	9781509037421
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928299
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2017
Event	11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2017 - Paris, France Duration: 19 Mar 2017 → 24 Mar 2017

Conference

Conference	11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2017
Abbreviated title	EUCAP 2017
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	19/03/17 → 24/03/17

Keywords

Alphasat
atmospheric effects
attenuation
beacon
campaign
consortium
experiment
frequency scaling
Ka-band
measurement
propagation
Q-band
site diversity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety Research
Computer Networks and Communications
Signal Processing
Instrumentation

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Ventouras, S., Reeves, R., Rumi, E., Perez-Fontan, F., Machado, F., Pastoriza, V., Rocha, A., Mota, S., Jorge, F., Panagopoulos, A. D., Papafragkakis, A. Z., Kourogiorgas, C. I., Fiser, O., Pek, V., Pesice, P., Grabner, M., Vilhar, A., Kelmendi, A., Hrovat, A., ... Goussetis, G. (2017). Large scale assessment of Ka/Q band atmospheric channel across Europe with ALPHASAT TDP5: The augmented network. In 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP) Article 7928299 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928299

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Large scale assessment of Ka/Q band atmospheric channel across Europe with ALPHASAT TDP5: The augmented network

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