Title :
Beam-Forming Networks for Future European Communication Satellites
Author_Institution :
European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology centre (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Abstract :
This paper reviews some state-of-the-art topics on beamforming networks for satellite multibeam antennas; it also presents the results of relevant R&D activities promoted by ESTEC on this subject.
Keywords :
Antenna feeds; Array signal processing; Artificial satellites; Constraint optimization; Frequency; Insertion loss; Network topology; Power generation; Research and development; Satellite antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1987. 17th European
Conference_Location :
Rome, Italy
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1987.333728
