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Based on Earth-satellite geometry, an analytical model is proposed to predict the probability density function (pdf) of elevation angles from an Earth station to a circular low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Unlike currently available empirical models using a great deal of path data for model-fitting to obtain results applicable only to the specified systems (for example, the Iridium or Globalstar systems), the proposed model is fast, exact and provides greater flexibility for the user-specified satellite systems. The results may help to develop the LEO satellite communication channel models under the propagation environments characterized by various empirical elevation-angle-dependent channel models.
Published in:
Communications Letters, IEEE
(Volume:6
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: April 2002
- Page(s):
- 138 - 140
- ISSN :
- 1089-7798
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 7256665
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/4234.996035
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
- 07 August 2002
- Issue Date :
- April 2002
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Communications Society
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