Rain Attenuation and Doppler Shift Compensation for Satellite Communications

In high‐speed multimedia satellite communication systems, it is essential to provide high‐quality, economical services by using efficient transmission schemes which can overcome channel impairments appearing in the satellite link. This paper introduces techniques to compensate for rain attenuation a...

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Published in:ETRI journal 2002-02, Vol.24 (1), p.31-42
Main Authors: Shin, Sooyoung Kim, Lim, Kwangjae, Choi, Kwonhue, Kang, Kunseok
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Satellite telecommunications. Space telecommunications
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
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Summary:In high‐speed multimedia satellite communication systems, it is essential to provide high‐quality, economical services by using efficient transmission schemes which can overcome channel impairments appearing in the satellite link. This paper introduces techniques to compensate for rain attenuation and the Doppler shift in the satellite communication link. An adaptive transmission technique with a control algorithm to adaptively allocate transmission schemes is used as a countermeasure to rain attenuation. We introduce a new rain attenuation modeling technique for estimating system performance and propose a novel Doppler shift compensation algorithm with reduced hardware complexity. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can provide greatly enhanced performance compared to conventional algorithms. Simulation software and hardware which incorporate the proposed techniques are also demonstrated.
ISSN:1225-6463
2233-7326
DOI:10.4218/etrij.02.0102.0104