Journal of Radio Electronics. eISSN 1684-1719. 2025. ¹12
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2025.12.7
OF P-band SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
AT STRONG DISTURBANCES OF IONOSPHERE
V.P. Pashintsev, M.V. Peskov, D.A. Mikhailov, P.A. Diptan
North Caucasian Federal University, 355017, Stavropol, Pushkin str., 1
The paper was received December 1, 2025.
Abstract. The structure of the construction and algorithm of the complex for predicting the noise immunity of P-band satellite communications systems in conditions of strong ionospheric disturbances has been developed based on the simulation of the results of GPS-monitoring of the total electronic content of the ionosphere, causing dispersion distortions, fading and intersymbol interference of received signals. The basis for solving this problem is the development of a methodology for determining the dependence of the probability of erroneous reception of satellite communications signals on the average signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver input, the parameters of the transmitted signals, the results of GPS-monitoring of the average value and small-scale fluctuations in the total electronic content of the ionosphere and the propagation angles of radio waves in satellite communications and navigation systems. In accordance with the stages of the methodology, the structure of the construction and the algorithm of the complex for predicting the noise immunity of satellite communication systems in the P-frequency range during strong disturbances of the ionosphere, which are accompanied by the occurrence of frequency-selective fading, intersymbol interference and dispersion distortions of the received signals, have been developed. Experimental results are presented for predicting the noise immunity of a P-band satellite communications system based on GPS-monitoring of the ionosphere using a GPStation-6 receiver and simulating strong ionospheric disturbances by increasing the average value and fluctuations of the total electronic content by 1...2 orders of magnitude.
Key words: noise immunity, satellite communication systems, ionosphere disturbances, GPS-monitoring, small-scale inhomogeneities, total electronic content, frequency-selective fading, intersymbol interference, dispersion distortions.
Financing: The research was carried out at the expense of a grant from the Russian Science Foundation ¹ 24-21-00295 (https://rscf.ru/en/project/24-21-00295/).
Corresponding author: Diptan Pavel Anatolevich, Pasha_StavArm@rambler.ru
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Pashintsev V.P., Peskov M.V., Mikhailov D.A., Diptan P.A. Prediction of noise immunity of P-band satellite communication system at strong disturbances of ionosphere // Journal of Radio Electronics. – 2025. – ¹. 12. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2025.12.7 (In Russian)