Satellite systems for land mobile communications
Abstract
Two satellite systems for land mobile communications are proposed: an independent system accommodating 400,000 mobile radios in the 8 GHz band, and a system designed to complement an existing terrestrial mobile radio network using the 900 MHz band and accommodating 50,000 mobile radios. The independent system makes use of a 2000 kg satellite and a multibeam 8.7 m dish antenna. The complementary system has a smaller satellite (800 kg) and a 14.5 m dish antenna. The costs of the two systems are analyzed and compared.
- Publication:
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Radio Research Laboratory, Review
- Pub Date:
- March 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980RaRLR..26..423I
- Keywords:
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- Land Mobile Satellite Service;
- Satellite Networks;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Communication Networks;
- Cost Effectiveness;
- Power Efficiency;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite Television;
- Communications and Radar