Performance Evaluation of Low Earth Orbit Communication Satellites

Niloofar Okati; Islam Tanash; Taneli Riihonen; Ilari Angervuori; Wichman Risto

Performance Evaluation of Low Earth Orbit Communication Satellites

Niloofar Okati, Islam Tanash, Taneli Riihonen, Ilari Angervuori, Wichman Risto

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Recently, there is a growing trend toward deploying low Earth orbit communication satellites due to lower latency and easier launching compared with geostationary satellites. In this paper, we study the effect of altitude and inclination angle on the coverage probability and data rate of a user located in Tampere. The simulations show that the minimum inclination angle that results in sufﬁcient coverage and data rate decreases as altitude increases. On the other hand, for inclination angles which are larger than the minimum required inclination, the better performance is obtained for lower altitudes. This study provides a guideline for LEO constellation design based on coverage and data rate needs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of XXXV Finnish URSI Convention on Radio Science
Publisher	URSI
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2019
Publication type	D3 Professional conference proceedings
Event	Finnish URSI Convention on Radio Science - Duration: 1 Jan 1900 → …

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Conference	Finnish URSI Convention on Radio Science
Period	1/01/00 → …

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