Channel model for satellite indoor communication, system design

In this paper the development of a channel model for wireless indoor commun ication, specifically with regard to indoor retransmission of satellite sig nals and reception by fixed and portable receivers in the L band, is descri bed. The study is confined to the channel model, though it does not include the assessment: of particular transmission forms. The theories and approac hes used in the model are mainly derived from the field of mobile communica tion. They are combined to a straightforward chain from large- to small-sca le variations yielding information about the several stages of fading. One of the features is the evaluation of the complex field distribution across a local area that can be transformed into a time-varying fading when assumi ng a moving receiver or a non-stationary environment. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.