Variation of Ionospheric Narrowband and Wideband Performance for a 12,760 km Transequatorial Link and Its Dependence on Solar and Ionospheric Activity

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès, David Altadill, Marcos Hervás, Estefania Blanch, Antoni Segarra, Xavier Gonzalez Sans
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: ionospheric propagation; HF; long-haul; wideband communication; sounding; SSN; channel availability; ionospheric irregularities; Antarctic; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12172750

The ionosphere provides a channel that is able to propagate electromagnetic waves for long-haul communications, allowing Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) radio communications in the high-frequency band (HF). Nonetheless, its performance as a communications channel mainly depends on solar activity, as Earth’...