A Narrowband Mobile Satellite Maritime Propagation Channel Model at L-Band

• Published in: IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 69; no. 8; pp. 4758 - 4767
• Main Authors: Perez-Fontan, Fernando, Pastoriza-Santos, Vicente, Machado, Fernando, Witternigg, Norbert, Lesjak, Roman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-08-2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Antenna measurements; Antennas; Maritime satellites; Measurement; modeling; Narrowband; Propagation; Rough surfaces; satellite communication; Satellites; scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface roughness
• ISSN: 0018-926X; 1558-2221
• DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3048549

In this article, we present a statistical narrowband mobile satellite maritime propagation channel model at the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">{L} </tex-math></inline-formula>-band based on empirical observations using GPS <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">C/N_{0} </tex-math></inline-formula> measurements from a receiver onboard a vessel in different sea conditions. The model is fully parameterized for all possible elevation angles. In the measurements, we have used a low-gain, 6.2 dBi, hemispherical antenna. The parameters provided, thus, are valid for this and similar antenna gains.