In-orbit channel measurement and equalisation for low Earth orbit communications using digital signal processing techniques on the PoSAT-1 microsatellite

Author

Sun, W. ; Sweeting, M.N. ; Hodgart, M.S.

Author_Institution

Centre for Satellite Eng. Res., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

14-18 Nov 1994

Firstpage

415

Abstract

This paper introduces one of the experimental payloads on the PoSAT-1 microsatellite, the Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE), the in-orbit channel measurement and equalisation based on this experimental communication payload. In order to optimise and understand the communication characteristics of low Earth orbit satellite communications, channel measurement and equalisation have been carried out by computer simulation, bench test and in-orbit test. The experimental results are presented

Keywords

aerospace testing; digital radio; digital simulation; equalisers; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; signal processing; simulation; telecommunication channels; Digital Signal Processing Experiment; LEO satellite communications; PoSAT-1 microsatellite; bench test; communication characteristics; computer simulation; digital signal processing; experimental communication payload; experimental payloads; experimental results; in-orbit channel equalisation; in-orbit channel measurement; in-orbit test; low Earth orbit communications; mobile communications service; personal communications service; Artificial satellites; Demodulation; Digital signal processing; Extraterrestrial measurements; Filters; Frequency shift keying; Low earth orbit satellites; Payloads; Space vehicles; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2046-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.1994.474219

Filename

474219