A regional satellite system for mobile communications

Author

Ashiya, R.

Author_Institution

ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, India

fYear

1994

fDate

18-19 Aug 1994

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

146

Abstract

Use of satellite systems in non-geostationary orbits for mobile communications is of wide interest. The paper presents a satellite system to meet the mobile voice and data (up to 4.8 kbps) communications requirements for users equipped with hand-held terminals in rural and unshadowed areas of the limited region of the globe bounded by 40°N and 40°S latitudes. After analysing the effect of parameters which have dominant effect on the definition of the space segment the paper establishes that by restricting the coverage requirements to this limited region the overall system would be much simpler to implement and manage. Finally the paper brings out how in comparison to other systems this scheme meets the system objectives most optimally with regard to both cost and complexity

Keywords

mobile satellite communication; 2.5 to 1.6 GHz; complexity; cost; coverage requirements; data communications; hand-held terminals; mobile communications; nongeostationary orbits; regional satellite system; rural areas; space segment; system objectives; unshadowed areas; voice communications; Artificial satellites; Directional antennas; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Polarization; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Temperature; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communications, 1994., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1996-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.1994.567928

Filename

567928