Microwave Mobile Communications
Microwave Mobile Communications
Local and Global Signal Variability Statistics in a Mobile Urban Environment
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
Mobile Fading Channels
A new simple model for land mobile satellite channels: first- and second-order statistics
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Equal gain combining over Nakagami-n (rice) and Nakagami-q (Hoyt) generalized fading channels
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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In this paper, an analytical model for a land mobile satellite channel is introduced that takes into consideration the Generalized Rice model for characterizing the small scale (fast) fading. The proposed model is enriched by the property of non-homogeneous scattering allowing higher flexibility and a more comprehensive description of the channel. In addition, a lognormal process affects the line of sight component, in order to characterize the large scale (slow) fading due to the shadowing effect caused by physical obstacles such as trees and small buildings. The main statistical properties of the model are investigated. Exact solutions for the power spectral density, the probability density function of the envelope and phase, and the cumulative distribution function of the envelope are derived. Approximate solutions for the level crossing rate and the average duration of fades are obtained. The validation of the model is confirmed by simulation and demonstrated by providing the best fit to certain measurement data corresponding to conditions of light and heavy shadowing. As a conclusion, the extended Loo model is applicable in realistic land mobile satellite channels subjected to various conditions and can be preferable because of its outperformance.