Statistical Characteristics of the Received Signal Envelope Affected by Hypersonic Vehicle Communication Channel

This paper focuses on the probability density function (PDF) of the received signal envelope affected by hypersonic vehicle communication channel. The theory and simulation result show that the PDF of plasma sheath channel is lognormal so that the PDF of the integrated channel can be represented by the product of a lognormal process and a Rician process. The conclusions are crucial to the analysis of the transmitted signal affected by hypersonic vehicle communication channel.