Abstract
A new modelling method suited to the dual circular polarised (MIMO) channel applicable to land mobile satellite (LMS) communications in line of sight cases is presented. In this scenario, it is necessary to apply correlated fading to the co-polarised and cross- polarised channels separately in order to model the evident polarization multiplexing in such channels found from measurement data. Comparisons between model and measured data for satellite elevations of 30o are presented for validation. Influence of the vehicle interior on the channel model is also analysed.