An advanced conceptual design study for a mobile satellite communications system
Abstract
It is pointed out that a vast portion of the land mass, and a significant portion of the U.S. population in rural and remote areas, are deprived of most of the advanced telecommunication services offered in metropolitan areas. For the last decade, investigations have been conducted regarding the feasibility to provide telecommunication services throughtout the thinly populated areas with the aid of a geostationary satellite. The considered communication services are related to mobile and thin-route radiotelephony, wideband and narrowband data transmissions, and position location services. The mobile satellite (MSAT) communications system studied could provide a truly national and ubiquitous service. Attention is given to satellite antenna design, an MSAT link design analysis, and analysis results.
- Publication:
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EASCON 1984; Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Electronics and Aerospace Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984easc.conf...77S
- Keywords:
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- Communication Networks;
- Communication Satellites;
- Data Links;
- Design Analysis;
- Mobile Communication Systems;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Antenna Design;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Carrier To Noise Ratios;
- Frequency Reuse;
- Multibeam Antennas;
- Communications and Radar