Performance Evaluation of a Dual Coverage System for Internet of Things Environments

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_center">Value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Satellite type</td><td class="align_center">LEO</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Altitude</td><td class="align_center">800 km</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Inclination degree</td><td class="align_center">86 (degree)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Elevation mask</td><td class="align_center">8.2 (degree)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Uplink/downlink</td><td class="align_center">1.5 Mb/s</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cell size</td><td class="align_center">50 km</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Power</td><td class="align_center">1 watt</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Number of satellites</td><td class="align_center">4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Intersatellite links bandwidth</td><td class="align_center">25 Mb/s</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Intersatellite links per satellite</td><td class="align_center">6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cross-seam intersatellite links</td><td class="align_center">Not found</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Intersatellite link delay</td><td class="align_center">7.8 ms</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Intersatellite distance</td><td class="align_center">60 km</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Configuration parameters for satellite simulation.

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Table 1: Performance Evaluation of a Dual Coverage System for Internet of Things Environments 