A Rice-lognormal terrestrial and satellite channel model

The paper describes a model for non-selective fading channels which is a combination of Rice and lognormal statistics, and is conceived for all types of environment, and both for terrestrial cellular and satellite personal communications. The model needs only three parameters to be completely specified. The model validity has been confirmed by comparisons with measurements data collected in the literature. For the satellite case, empirical formulae are derived for the model parameters to fit measured data over a wide range of elevation angles. In particular, the model is applied to macrocellular terrestrial channels and non-geostationary satellite channels. The paper derives expressions for the average bit error probability in the channel and provides some numerical results.