Binary error probabilities on Earth-space links subject to scintillation fading
O. P. Banjo, E. Vilar · Electronics Letters · 1985
Theoretical estimates are derived of the average probability 〈Pb〉 of bit error rate that would occur for a binary CPSK signal on an Earth-space link in the presence of scintillation fading and additive white Gaussian noise. Strong scintillations are shown to produce a significant degradation in 〈Pb〉. Experimental results of the signal amplitude distribution obtained on a 7.1° elevation satellite downlink lead to values of 〈Pb〉 against 〈Eb/No〉 which agree well with the results obtained using the theoretical Moulsley-Vilar distribution (1982).