Overview of arraying techniques for deep space communications

Author

Mileant, A. ; Hinedi, S.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

42

Issue

234

fYear

1994

Firstpage

1856

Lastpage

1865

Abstract

Four different arraying schemes applicable to deep space communications are discussed and analyzed. These include symbol stream combining (SSC), baseband combining (BC), carrier arraying (CA) and full spectrum combining (FSC). In addition, sideband aiding (SA) is also included and compared. Moreover, combinations of these schemes are introduced and discussed such as carrier arraying with sideband aiding and baseband combining (CA/SA/BC) or carrier arraying with symbol stream combining (CA/SSC), just to name a few. Complexity versus performance is traded off throughout the paper and benefits to the reception of existing spacecraft signals are discussed

Keywords

antenna arrays; array signal processing; space communication links; baseband combining; carrier arraying; complexity; deep space communications; full spectrum combining; performance; sideband aiding; spacecraft signals reception; symbol stream combining; Antenna arrays; Baseband; Degradation; Frequency synchronization; Loss measurement; Phased arrays; Pulse modulation; Signal to noise ratio; Space vehicles; Tracking loops;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.1994.582895

Filename

582895