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2013
Conference Paper
Titel
Measurement-based performance analysis of cooperative diversity for satellite terminals in a moving convoy
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the impact of cooperative satellite diversity on the availability of the land mobile satellite (LMS) channel. By the use of multiple terminals the overall probability to encounter conditions were all terminals are in a bad channel state is reduced. This reduction depends on the terminal number and the terminal distance. The results presented in this paper are completely based on the analysis of measurements. These were conducted for two geostationary satellites and four different environments using a single terminal. Thus, in order to virtually increase the terminal number we rely on a convoy scenario using shifted versions of the data. Analyzing up to four cooperative terminals and different terminal distances a significant bad state reduction is already found for rather small distances.
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