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Interference Analysis for on the Move Satellite Communication Systems
We consider on the move satellite systems with geostationary satellites. Using the antenna pointing distribution of Weerackody and Gonzalez, we derive tight upper and lower bounds on the interference to adjacent satellites from the on the move
platforms. We then compute the distribution of the interference and the system outage probability. Simulation results are
provided demonstrating that our estimates are very good.Engineering and Applied Science
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Beam Selection Gain from Butler Matrices
We consider a wireless transmission scenario, when a base station is endowed with a fixed beamforming network, where M antennas are employed at the base station to point beams to predetermined azimuthal angles. In our setting, a Butler matrix is deployed at the RF stage to form M beams, and then the best beam is selected for transmission. We derive the distribution of the beam selection gain for this scenario under a Rician channel assumption as a function of both the azimuthal location of the remote unit and the Rician K-factor. Using some key properties of the noncentral chi-square distribution, we prove that beam selection outperforms manual antenna selection.Engineering and Applied Science
Mechanical Damage Of Strawberry During Harvest And Postharvest Operations
Strawberry is a non-climacteric fruit with a limited harvesting period. Because of high susceptibility to mechanical damage, strawberry has a small postharvest life. In this research, an experiment was designed to study the mechanical damage phenomena in strawberry during the harvest and postharvest operations together with some physical properties of strawberry. Influences of some other factors such as variety, fruit position in the box as well as box position on the truck were also investigated. Results indicated that the variety, operation stage, fruit position in the box, and box position on the truck, had significant effects on the extent of the fruits‘ mechanical damage. Maximum damage index was related to picking stage. The variety Gaviota showed more susceptibility to mechanical damage than Selva. The maximum damage occurred at the bottom rows in the boxes. Furthermore, it was observed that the higher the position of a box on the truck, the more the susceptibility of fruits would be to mechanical damage