Prediction of Satellite Shadowing in Smart Cities with Application to IoT
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Department of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Sensors 2020, 20(2), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020475
Received: 13 December 2019
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Revised: 3 January 2020
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Accepted: 11 January 2020
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Published: 14 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Internet of Things in Emerging 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks)
The combination of satellite direct reception and terrestrial 5G infrastructure is essential to guarantee coverage in satellite based-Internet of Things, mainly in smart cities where buildings can cause high power losses. In this paper, we propose an accurate and fast graphical method for predicting the satellite coverage in urban areas and SatCom on-the-move scenarios. The aim is to provide information that could be useful in the IoT network planning process, e.g., in the decision of how many terrestrial repeaters are really needed and where they should be placed. Experiments show that the shadowed areas predicted by the method correspond almost perfectly with experimental data measured from an Eutelsat satellite in the urban area of Barcelona.
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Hornillo-Mellado S, Martín-Clemente R, Baena-Lecuyer V. Prediction of Satellite Shadowing in Smart Cities with Application to IoT. Sensors. 2020; 20(2):475. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020475
Chicago/Turabian StyleHornillo-Mellado, Susana, Rubén Martín-Clemente, and Vicente Baena-Lecuyer. 2020. "Prediction of Satellite Shadowing in Smart Cities with Application to IoT" Sensors 20, no. 2: 475. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020475
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