Description and performance of a digital mobile satellite terminal
Abstract
A major goal of the Mobile Satellite Experiment (MSAT-X) program at the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) is the development of an advanced digital terminal for use in land mobile satellite communication. The terminal has been developed to minimize the risk of applying advanced technologies to future commercial mobile satellite systems (MSS). Testing with existing L band satellites was performed in fixed, land mobile and aeronautical mobile environments. JPL's development and tests of its mobile terminal have demonstrated the viability of narrowband digital voice communications in a land mobile environment through geostationary satellites. This paper provides a consolidated description of the terminal architecture and the performance of its individual elements.
- Publication:
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International Mobile Satellite Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990imsc.conf..272L
- Keywords:
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- Earth Terminals;
- Mobile Communication Systems;
- Msat;
- Performance Tests;
- Pulse Communication;
- Satellite Communication;
- Voice Communication;
- Antennas;
- Modems;
- Narrowband;
- Transmitter Receivers;
- Ultrahigh Frequencies;
- Communications and Radar