Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation

Since the appearance of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) has gained an increased interest, with multiple technologies emerging and converging to cover different user needs. One of the biggest challenges today is to have global IoT coverage, ensuring seamless communication with IoT devices placed in rura...

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Autores: Fernández Capón, Lara Pilar|||0000-0002-1223-6892, Ruiz De Azúa Ortega, Juan Adrián|||0000-0001-5892-3404, Calveras Augé, Anna M.|||0000-0001-6371-8595, Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/335069
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/335069
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3022433
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Palabra clave:Mobile communication systems
Internet of things
5G mobile communication
Artificial satellites
Fading channels
Internet of Things
Ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation
Modulation
Radiowave propagation
Satellite communication
Software radio.
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Internet de les coses
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
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spelling Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric ScintillationFernández Capón, Lara Pilar|||0000-0002-1223-6892Ruiz De Azúa Ortega, Juan Adrián|||0000-0001-5892-3404Calveras Augé, Anna M.|||0000-0001-6371-8595Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992Mobile communication systemsInternet of things5G mobile communicationArtificial satellitesFading channelsInternet of ThingsIonospheric electromagnetic wave propagationModulationRadiowave propagationSatellite communicationSoftware radio.Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes deInternet de les cosesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicacióSince the appearance of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) has gained an increased interest, with multiple technologies emerging and converging to cover different user needs. One of the biggest challenges today is to have global IoT coverage, ensuring seamless communication with IoT devices placed in rural and even remote areas. Satellite constellations, and in particular CubeSats orbiting in Low Earth Orbit, can provide a solution to these challenges. Out of the technologies available, LoRa (Long Range) has a great potential for implementation in space-to-Earth satellite communications. As the space-to-Earth channel is different with respect to the conventional Earth-to-Earth one, it is important to asses the capabilities of LoRa in this new environment. This paper presents a study of different LoRa device configurations to identify the constrains for each one and determine which one is better for particular mission requirements. Also, the effect of ionospheric scintillation is assessed with a SDR-based (Software-Defined Radio) test set-up that evaluates the performance of this technology against with Humprey's ionospheric scintillation model. This phenomena produces deep signal intensity fadings and phase fluctuations in equatorial regions, and mainly phase fluctuations in high latitudes. The obtained metrics are the received power and the packet delivery ratio as a function of the intensity scintillation index, and show the robustness of the LoRa modulation in these new environments.This work was supported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovationand Universities, Sensing with Pioneering Opportunistic Techniques, under Grant RTI2018-099008-B-C21, in part by the Unidad deExcelencia Maria de Maeztu under Grant MDM-2016-0600, in part by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the SpanishGovernment under Project PID2019-106808RA-I00 AEI/FEDER UE, and in part by the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca delDepartament d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya under Grant 2017 SGR 376 and Grant 2017 SGR 219Peer ReviewedInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)20202020-09-0720212021-01-08journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/335069https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3022433reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 RTI2018-099008-B-C21 SENSING WITH PIONEERING OPPORTUNISTIC TECHNIQUESAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PID2019-106808RA-I00 RED MALLADA IOT CON RADIO DE BAJA POTENCIAopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3350692026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
title Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
spellingShingle Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
Fernández Capón, Lara Pilar|||0000-0002-1223-6892
Mobile communication systems
Internet of things
5G mobile communication
Artificial satellites
Fading channels
Internet of Things
Ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation
Modulation
Radiowave propagation
Satellite communication
Software radio.
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Internet de les coses
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
title_short Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
title_full Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
title_fullStr Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
title_full_unstemmed Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
title_sort Assessing LoRa for satellite-to-Earth communications considering the impact of Ionospheric Scintillation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández Capón, Lara Pilar|||0000-0002-1223-6892
Ruiz De Azúa Ortega, Juan Adrián|||0000-0001-5892-3404
Calveras Augé, Anna M.|||0000-0001-6371-8595
Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
author Fernández Capón, Lara Pilar|||0000-0002-1223-6892
author_facet Fernández Capón, Lara Pilar|||0000-0002-1223-6892
Ruiz De Azúa Ortega, Juan Adrián|||0000-0001-5892-3404
Calveras Augé, Anna M.|||0000-0001-6371-8595
Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
author_role author
author2 Ruiz De Azúa Ortega, Juan Adrián|||0000-0001-5892-3404
Calveras Augé, Anna M.|||0000-0001-6371-8595
Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mobile communication systems
Internet of things
5G mobile communication
Artificial satellites
Fading channels
Internet of Things
Ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation
Modulation
Radiowave propagation
Satellite communication
Software radio.
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Internet de les coses
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
topic Mobile communication systems
Internet of things
5G mobile communication
Artificial satellites
Fading channels
Internet of Things
Ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation
Modulation
Radiowave propagation
Satellite communication
Software radio.
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Internet de les coses
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
description Since the appearance of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) has gained an increased interest, with multiple technologies emerging and converging to cover different user needs. One of the biggest challenges today is to have global IoT coverage, ensuring seamless communication with IoT devices placed in rural and even remote areas. Satellite constellations, and in particular CubeSats orbiting in Low Earth Orbit, can provide a solution to these challenges. Out of the technologies available, LoRa (Long Range) has a great potential for implementation in space-to-Earth satellite communications. As the space-to-Earth channel is different with respect to the conventional Earth-to-Earth one, it is important to asses the capabilities of LoRa in this new environment. This paper presents a study of different LoRa device configurations to identify the constrains for each one and determine which one is better for particular mission requirements. Also, the effect of ionospheric scintillation is assessed with a SDR-based (Software-Defined Radio) test set-up that evaluates the performance of this technology against with Humprey's ionospheric scintillation model. This phenomena produces deep signal intensity fadings and phase fluctuations in equatorial regions, and mainly phase fluctuations in high latitudes. The obtained metrics are the received power and the packet delivery ratio as a function of the intensity scintillation index, and show the robustness of the LoRa modulation in these new environments.
publishDate 2020
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2020-09-07
2021
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Agencia Estatal de Investigación http://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 RTI2018-099008-B-C21 SENSING WITH PIONEERING OPPORTUNISTIC TECHNIQUES
Agencia Estatal de Investigación http://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PID2019-106808RA-I00 RED MALLADA IOT CON RADIO DE BAJA POTENCIA
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