Title :
Performance evaluation of multi-aperture multiple beam antennas
Author :
Marshall, James W. ; Le, Anh Q.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Process. & Adv. Technol., Mitre Corp., Reston, VA, USA
Abstract :
Several receive antenna designs have been proposed for future military communication satellites to satisfy demands for increased nulling resolution and wide area coverage in support of tactical operations. The paper examines performance of a 61-beam hybrid multi-aperture multiple beam antenna (MA-MBA), an 89-beam outrigger MA-MBA, and an existing single aperture 61-beam MBA. Percent area coverage and network anti-jamming (A/J) margin are the evaluation metrics used in the paper to compare their performance using a representative SHF Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS) tactical scenario
Keywords :
antenna testing; horn antennas; interference suppression; jamming; land mobile radio; microwave antenna arrays; military communication; mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; multibeam antennas; radiofrequency interference; receiving antennas; satellite antennas; 61-beam hybrid multi-aperture multiple beam antenna; 89-beam outrigger MA-MBA; SHF Defense Satellite Communication System; evaluation metrics; ing resolution; military communication satellites; multi-aperture multiple beam antennas; network anti-jamming; performance evaluation; receive antenna designs; single aperture 61-beam MBA; tactical operations; wide area coverage; Aperture antennas; Artificial satellites; Directional antennas; Earth; Feeds; Jamming; Mobile communication; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1994. MILCOM '94. Conference Record, 1994 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Fort Monmouth, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1828-5
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1994.473844
