Reliable Integrated Satellite Terrestrial Communications using MIMO for Mitigation of Microwave Absorption by Earths Oxygen

Anurag Vijay Agrawal; Meenakshi Rawat

doi:10.14429/dsj.69.14951

Anurag Vijay Agrawal Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247667
Meenakshi Rawat Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247667

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.69.14951

Keywords: BLER, ISTC, Microwave absorption, MIMO, Satellite communication, Terrestrial communication

Abstract

Microwaves are used to communicate with satellite and terrestrial communication networks. But as microwaves pass through the Earth’s atmosphere, the oxygen gas absorbs microwave. In this 5G era, when the whole world is moving towards high data-rates and reliable communications, this absorption affects the data transmission in Integrated Satellite/Terrestrial Communication (ISTC) systems, which leads to degradation of the system performance. The multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technology has become a boon for modern wireless communication systems to achieve the necessities of higher data-rates and communication reliability. The paper analyses the MIMO effect on block error rate (BLER), error vector magnitude (EVM) and throughput performance of the data transmission with different MIMO configurations. The paper establishes that better data-rates as well as reliable data communication is achieved with higher order MIMO configurations. MIMO 8×1 provides 5, 20 and 42.5 times improved performance to BLER; 5.26%, 25% and 81.82% in throughput; and 10.34%, 23.07% and 28% in EVM calculations as comparable to MIMO 4×1, MIMO 2×1 and SISO 1×1, respectively at 15 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The authors also give a new concept of multi-cellular layers based mobile communication network, useful for future smart cities.

Author Biographies

Anurag Vijay Agrawal, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247667

Mr Anurag Vijay Agrawal received the BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India and ME in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India in 2000 and 2010 respectively. He is currently pursuing the PhD at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

In the current study he has modelled and integrated the modern integrated satellite / terrestrial communication system, completed simulation, acquired data and validated the results.

Meenakshi Rawat, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247667

Dr Meenakshi Rawat received the MSc and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, in 2012. She is currently an Assistant Professor with IIT Roorkee, India. She was the Workshop Co-Chair for the Automatic RF Techniques Group (ARFTG)-82 and the Session Co-Chair for millimeter-wave and terahertz designs for iMARC 2014, Bangalore, India. She was part of the Calgary Group that won the Overall Championship and Best Design Prize of the Third Annual Smart Radio Challenge, Wireless Innovation Forum. She was also the three-time recipient of the Research Production Award of the University of Calgary and Best Poster Award of the 82nd ARFTG Conference, Columbus, OH, USA, in 2013. Recently, she was listed as a Featured Engineer on EEWeb.com (Electrical Engineer Community).

In the current study, she has contributed in technical discussions and conception of idea.