DocumentCode
2881699
Title
Demonstration of the TDRS Ka-band transponder
Author
Vaughn, Steve ; Sorace, Ron
Author_Institution
Hughes Space & Commun., El Segundo, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
1055
Abstract
The 650 MHz Ka-band channel of the TDRS transponder was tested with qPSK data at 800 Mbps. The end-to-end performance of the bit error rate was within 2.4 dB of the theoretic value for data that lacked shaping. Use of predistortion improved the performance by another 1.4 dB
Keywords
data communication; quadrature phase shift keying; satellite communication; satellite tracking; telecommunication equipment testing; transponders; 650 MHz; 800 Mbit/s; BER; Ka-band channel; QPSK data; TDRS Ka-band transponder; TDRS spacecraft; bit error rate; end-to-end performance; predistortion; Additive white noise; Bit error rate; Downlink; Gaussian noise; Hardware; Predistortion; Quadrature phase shift keying; Satellites; Testing; Transponders;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
MILCOM 2000. 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6521-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MILCOM.2000.904091
Filename
904091
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