The alphasat Aldo Paraboni propagation experiment: measurement campaign at the Italian ground stations
Terabit capacity and very high data rates are required for the near‐future broadbandsatellite communication systems, mainly for multimedia services. The increased capac-ity can be obtained by using the larger bandwidth available at higher frequency bands,like Ka and Q/V. However, severe detrimental atmospheric effects impair radio wavesat these bands, which require the extensive use of fade mitigation techniques, suchas link power control, site diversity, or on‐board adaptive power allocation.