Rain field generators implemented in a european broadcasting satellite system using an on-board reconfigurable antenna

Issue title: ESA Workshop on Radiowave Propagation – 2011

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Capsoni, C. | Castanet, L. | Gabellini, P. | Martellucci, A. | Carrie, G. | Gallinaro, G. | Gatti, N. | Jeannin, N. | Luccini, M. | Luini, L. | Nebuloni, R. | Paraboni, A. | Resteghini, L. | Riva, C.

Affiliations: Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy | ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, France | Space Engineering S.p.A., Rome, Italy | European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands | IEIIT-CNR, Milan, Italy

Note: [] Corresponding author: C. Capsoni, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milan, Italy. E-mails: [email protected] (C. Capsoni); [email protected] (L. Castanet); [email protected] (P. Gabellini); [email protected] (A. Martellucci); [email protected] (R. Nebuloni).

Abstract: The main objective of the ESA ARTES 5.1 Contract 20887/07/NL/LvH “Verification of Propagation Impairment Mitigation Techniques” with Politecnico di Milano as Prime, ONERA and Space Engineering as subcontractors, was to validate the channel models and related input data appropriate for the design, analysis and/or control phase of Propagation Impairments Mitigation Techniques (PIMTs), both for the Broadcasting Satellite Service (BSS) and the Interactive Multimedia Broadband Service (IMMBS). For the BSS scenario, which is the focus of this paper, the On Board Antenna Pattern Reconfiguration (OBAPR) PIMT is investigated, using as channel models the rain field generators able to provide the spatial distribution of rain across the service area on the basis of large-scale meteorological forecasts. Their performance were tested using either radar data or a large dataset of beacon measurements collected in Europe during the OLYMPUS experiment.

Keywords: Rain fields, radio wave propagation, satellite communications, reconfigurable antenna

DOI: 10.3233/SC-130003

Journal: Space Communications, vol. 22, no. 2-4, pp. 71-79, 2013