Study of the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite channel characteristics

The computer simulation results of the satellite radio channel with direct-sequence spread spectrum signals are analysed. The satellite channel is modeled as having shadowed Rician fading characteristics and interference system noise. Numerical results are presented in terms of bit error, outage, and message success probability for path diversity and no diversity techniques.

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