RPAS Satellite Communication Channel Based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Standard

Andrii Grekhov, Vasil Kondratiuk, Svitlana Ilnitska

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MIMO-OFDM models of RPAS communication channels based on LTE Standard were built. Dependencies of the BER on the SNR for Extended Pedestrian A and Extended Vehicular A models using 2-by-2 multiple antennas were obtained. Dependencies of the BER on the SNR for different levels of Frequency Offset at satellite transponder were studied.

Keywords:
BRLOS; frequency offset; LTE; MIMO-OFDM; RLOS; RPAS; satellite channel

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DOI: 10.2478/tae-2020-0001

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