This invention relates to the field of shortwave antenna
communication channel testing and modeling technology, specifically to a method for measuring the angular power spectrum of an antenna in a shortwave
skywave scenario. The method includes: the
receiver performing a two-dimensional equally spaced
angular scan within a preset
azimuth and elevation range; establishing an angular power spectrum measurement equation based on the received
signal power, antenna pattern, and
noise power channel, using the
scattering function; convolving this equation with the pattern to obtain the angular power spectrum within a single path; discretizing the single-path received
power matrix and antenna pattern matrix in two dimensions, and then performing zero-plugging expansion on each; converting the discretized single-path received
power matrix and antenna pattern matrix into two-dimensional
frequency domain matrices, and determining the
frequency domain ratio between the received
power matrix and the antenna pattern matrix mapped to the angular domain using time-
delay Doppler domain parameters. This invention improves the accuracy of angular power spectrum measurement in shortwave
skywave channels while reducing the dependence of traditional empirical modeling methods on a single propagation assumption.