《01623307 IEEE A statistical model for a land mobile satellite link》.pdf

122 IEEE TRANSACTIOKS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, VOL. VT-34, NO. 3, AUGUST 1985 A Statistical Model for a Land Mobile Satellite Link Abstract-A statisticalmodelforalandmobilesatellitelink is LI. STATISTICAL MODEL described.Themodelassumesthattheamplitudeoftheline-of-sight The mathematicalderivationsrequired todescribe the component under foliage attenuation (shadowing) is lognormally distrib- uted and the received multipatb interference has a Rayleigh distribution. model are given in this section. Expressions for thelevelcrossingrateandaveragefadeduration are given. Comparison between results calculated from the model and from A . Probability Density Function measurementsshowreasonably good agreement.Themodelshouldbe useful for designing communications systems and for simulating propaga- Considerthesum of alognormallydistributedrandom tion effects in the laboratory. phasor and a Rayleigh phasor [lo], I. INTRODUCTION r exp (jO)=z exp W O ) + w exp (j4), z , wO ( 1 ) STATISTICALmodelforreceivedsignalenvelope where the phases4oand 4 are uniformly distributed between0 Afading encountered on a land mobile satellite channel is and 2a, z islognormallydistributed,and w hasaRayleigh useful for predictingcommunicationssystemsperformance distribution.