{"title":"A novel evaluation method of blockage by ground features on land vehicle satellite communications","authors":"M. Takahashi, K. Kimura, M. Tanaka","doi":"10.1109/VETECS.2000.851584","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We propose an effective method to evaluate intermittent blocking on land-mobile satellite communications. This method uses the Global Positioning System. The result suggests that EFSAT (Eight-Figure SATellite) which provides higher elevation angles to areas in middle latitudes, is more suitable for land-mobile satellite communications in urban areas than a geostationary satellite in terms of blockage by features on the ground.","PeriodicalId":318880,"journal":{"name":"VTC2000-Spring. 2000 IEEE 51st Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37026)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"VTC2000-Spring. 2000 IEEE 51st Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37026)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VETECS.2000.851584","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We propose an effective method to evaluate intermittent blocking on land-mobile satellite communications. This method uses the Global Positioning System. The result suggests that EFSAT (Eight-Figure SATellite) which provides higher elevation angles to areas in middle latitudes, is more suitable for land-mobile satellite communications in urban areas than a geostationary satellite in terms of blockage by features on the ground.