Research Article

Performance of the DBS Satellite Receiver under the Impact of Rainfall and Terrestrial Interference

Table 3

The main key spectrum sharing assumptions and parameters [7, 36].

ParametersValue
DBSFS

Carrier frequency (MHz)21728
ARABSAT Bader-7 longitude (E )26
DBS ES receiver sensitivity (clear sky) (dBW)−119.566
Gain of receiver antenna (dBi)56.655734.8
EIRP ES (dBW)34.2
Free space path loss (dB) from satellite to earth station210.4
Saudi Arabia rain height (m)5400
Receiver antenna height above mean sea level (km)0.10.15
Bandwidth (MHz)11.65807
Bandwidth of noise (MHz)8.63567
Off-axis angle of antenna (°)3
Diameter of receiver antenna (m)3.70.6
Interferer power of FS (EIRP) (dBW)−146.6