Conservation of the geostationary spectrum

The present investigation is concerned with the identification and characterization of those technical factors which would have the most significant impact on frequency reuse in communications satellite systems using the geostationary orbit and, hence, on the number of accesses to the geostationary orbit spectrum. Attention is given to the development of a frequency reuse model, the application of the model equation, intra-satellite frequency reuse, polarization discrimination, permissible interference, homogeneity, geometry maintenance, and high frequencies. It is found that satellite antenna technology is a highly significant factor for the frequency reuse potential.