Spatial multiplexing in optical feeder links for high throughput satellites

Author

Gharanjik, Ahmad ; Liolis, Konstantinos ; Shankar, M. R. Bhavani ; Ottersten, Bjorn

Author_Institution

Interdiscipl. Centre for Security, Univ. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1112

Lastpage

1116

Abstract

Optical feeder links are an attractive alternative to the RF feeder links in satellite communications (SatCom). In this paper, we present initial results from an optical feeder link study. We discuss the architecture of a geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite system based on optical feeder links. To mitigate the effects of cloud coverage, which is the main availability-limiting factor, Optical Ground Station (OGS) diversity is employed. Moreover, a spatial multiplexing scheme is considered. Assuming an ON-OFF channel model, the number of required OGSs to ensure availability and throughput requirements is analyzed.

Keywords

optical links; satellite links; space division multiplexing; GEO satellite system; OGS diversity; ON-OFF channel model; RF feeder links; SatCom; availability-limiting factor; cloud coverage effect mitigation; geostationary earth orbit satellite system; high throughput satellites; optical feeder links; optical ground station; satellite communications; spatial multiplexing scheme; Availability; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical signal processing; Radio frequency; Satellites; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2014 IEEE Global Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GlobalSIP.2014.7032294

Filename

7032294