Military communications satellite system multiplies UHF channel capacity for mobile users

Author

Wadsworth, Donald V Z

Author_Institution

Naval Postgraduate Sch., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1145

Abstract

The mobile user objective system (MUOS) will be the successor to the Navy´s UFO satellite communications system. One MUOS proposal relies on a constellation of GEO spacecraft that uses non-processing repeaters and multiple spotbeams for worldwide Earth-coverage. UHF frequency reuse greatly increases the number of narrowband voice/data channels available to mobile units. A key design element is the large antenna reflector with an area of 1250 square meters

Keywords

channel capacity; data communication; marine systems; military communication; mobile satellite communication; multibeam antennas; radio repeaters; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; voice communication; GEO spacecraft constellation; MUOS; UFO satellite communications system; UHF channel capacity; UHF frequency reuse; antenna reflector; military communications satellite system; mobile units; mobile user objective system; mobile users; multiple spotbeams; narrowband voice/data channels; nonprocessing repeaters; worldwide Earth-coverage; Artificial satellites; Frequency; Military communication; Military satellites; Narrowband; Proposals; Reflector antennas; Repeaters; Satellite communication; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821382

Filename

821382