Research Article

A Robust Symbol-Level Precoding Method for Multibeam Satellite Systems

Table 2

Simulation factor.

ParametersValue

Orbit altitude35900 km
Carrier frequency ()20 GHz
Boltzmann’s constant ()1.38 × 10−23 Joule/K
Bandwidth (B)100 MHz
Satellite antenna gain38 dBi
Receiver G/T15 dB/K
0.4°
Rain-fading mean−2.6 dB
Rain-fading variance1.63 dB
7 dB
Constellation type8 PSK
Noise temperature298 K