Evaluation of 5G and Fixed-Satellite Service Earth Station

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 13
• Main Authors: Al-Jumaily, Abdulmajeed, Sali, Aduwati, Jiménez, Víctor P. Gil, Lagunas, Eva, Natrah, Fatin Mohd Ikhsan, Fontán, Fernando Pérez, Hussein, Yaseein Soubhi, Singh, Mandeep Jit, Samat, Fazdliana, Aljumaily, Harith, Al-Jumeily, Dhiya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01-07-2023
• Subjects: Analysis; Neural networks; Satellite communications services industry; Wireless telecommunications equipment; Malaysia; Spain
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s23136175

Fifth-generation (5G) networks have been deployed alongside fourth-generation networks in high-traffic areas. The most recent 5G mobile communication access technology includes mmWave and sub-6 GHz C-bands. However, 5G signals possibly interfere with existing radio systems because they are using adjacent and co-channel frequencies. Therefore, the minimisation of the interference of 5G with other signals already deployed for other services, such as fixed-satellite service Earth stations (FSS-Ess), is urgently needed. The novelty of this paper is that it addresses issues using measurements from 5G base stations (5G-BS) and FSS-ES, simulation analysis, and prediction modelling based on artificial neural network learning models (ANN-LMs). The ANN-LMs models are used to classify interference events into two classes, namely, adjacent and co-channel interference. In particular, ANN-LMs incorporating the radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) and general regression neural network (GRNN) are implemented. Numerical results considering real measurements carried out in Malaysia show that RBFNN evidences better accuracy with respect to its GRNN counterpart. The outcomes of this work can be exploited in the future as a baseline for coexistence and/or mitigation techniques.