Pointing error requirements for small mobile terminals

Author

McLain, Chris ; Gonzalez, Lino ; Swenarton, Christopher

fYear

2009

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

How pointing error requirements are levied on the small mobile terminals that are currently being deployed by the Army in the Ku-band and Ka-band will have a profound effect on the complexity and cost of these terminals. This paper explores what kind of pointing error requirements should be applied to small mobile terminals in order to protect adjacent satellite systems but still permit designers the maximum flexibility to meet their system objectives. The paper will provide background how pointing error requirements have been treated in regulations and standards for other mobile satellite services (MSS) operating in Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) bands and will present an interference analysis of these requirements, drawing conclusions on the relative merits of the different types of requirements. Finally a proposal will be made to update the MIL standard for SHF frequencies, MIL-STD-188-164A, for mobile point error.

Keywords

communication complexity; military communication; military standards; mobile satellite communication; radiofrequency interference; telecommunication services; telecommunication standards; Ka-band; Ku-band; MIL-STD-188-164A; SHF frequencies; fixed satellite service band; interference analysis; mobile point error; mobile satellite services; pointing error requirements; satellite systems; small mobile terminals; Costs; Error correction; Frequency selective surfaces; Interference; Military standards; Proposals; Protection; Satellites; Standards development; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2009. MILCOM 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5238-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5239-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379838

Filename

5379838