From L-Band Measurements to a Preliminary Channel Model for APNT

N. Schneckenburger, D. Shutin, T. Jost, M. Walter, T. Thiasiriphet, A. Filip, M. Schnell

Abstract:	The paper presents results from flight trials conducted to investigate the characteristics of the L-band air to ground radio channel. Hereby, the transmitter is located on ground and the receiver in a flying aircraft. Within the paper the setup of the measurements, including hardware setup, channel sounding method, and flight patterns, is described. The presented results include power delay profiles and multipath heatmaps for two scenarios. The results indicate that strong multipaths are present in the air to ground radio channel. It is shown, that the characteristics of the multipaths strongly depend on the distance between the receiver and transmitter.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2014) September 8 - 12, 2014 Tampa Convention Center Tampa, Florida
Pages:	3009 - 3015
Cite this article:	Schneckenburger, N., Shutin, D., Jost, T., Walter, M., Thiasiriphet, T., Filip, A., Schnell, M., "From L-Band Measurements to a Preliminary Channel Model for APNT," Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2014), Tampa, Florida, September 2014, pp. 3009-3015.
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