Millimeter wave personal radio using an advanced communication satellite

Author

Shimada, Masaaki ; Iida, Tomoharu ; Iwasaki, Ken ; Shimoseko, Sachio

Author_Institution

Radio Res. Labs., Ministry of Posts and Telecom., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

22

Issue

9

fYear

1984

fDate

9/1/1984 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

39

Abstract

THIS PAPER describes a millimeter-wave personal radio system using a communications satellite. It focuses on the development of a 50/40-GHz-band earth station. First, the trends of future satellite services are discussed. Satellite communications will be ready for personal utilization, namely the personalization of satellite communications, in the near future. The idea of a personal radio using a satellite and an example of an advanced communications satellite are introduced. The communications system and access method are also discussed and an FDMA system is recommended. Second, a small earth station for the millimeter-wave personal radio is proposed which has a 30-cm-diameter antenna, a transmission rate of 64 kb/s for wide applications, direct FSK modulation in the RF stage, the local signal fed from the transmit system, and link availability of 99%.

Keywords

Satellite communication, earth stations; Artificial satellites; Frequency division multiaccess; Frequency shift keying; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.1984.1092051

Filename

1092051