Multiple Scattering Modeling for Dual-Polarized MIMO Land Mobile Satellite Channels

This communication investigates the validity of application of a multiple-scattering model to a dual-polarized multiple-input-multiple-output land mobile satellite (LMS) channel based on a measurement campaign. Two LMS link scenarios in an urban pedestrian environment are examined. In the first one, the transmitter was located at the top of a tall building and in the second one, on an airship. The third-order scattering model is utilized to statistically characterize the measured channels, and the results reveal that the model provides an excellent fit to the LMS composite fading amplitude in the line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS scenarios. For this generic radio channel, asymptotic expressions for the theoretical probability density function and the cumulative distribution function are derived. The comparison of the third-order scattering model with existing LMS ones showed that it provides better overall accuracy together with a physical interpretation of the propagation mechanisms involved.