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The explosive growth of the data traffic in future satellite communications can be leveraged by exploiting higher unlicensed spectrum band. In particular, Terahertz (THz) communication has been considered as a promising solution, since it can provide tens of GHz bandwidth. In addition, massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) with a very large antenna array can be used in THz communications to provide large array gain to compensate for severe signal attenuation. To this end, this paper analyzes a terahertz MIMO channel modeling and simulation method for massive antenna array based satellite-ground communications. Taking into account the molecular absorption noise, transmission path loss, and molecular reradiation effects of the terahertz channels under a variety of typical weather models, we evaluate the bit error rates (BERs) for different frequencies, communication distances and signal strengths. Numerical results validate the feasibility of the proposed modeling approach.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61571135 and No. 61671154.
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Zhang, S., Zhang, S., Zhou, X., Wang, X. (2019). Research on Satellite-Ground Communication in Terahertz Massive Satellite Systems. In: Yu, Q. (eds) Space Information Networks. SINC 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 972. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5937-8_17
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