A comparison of measured and numerical model results for an L-band mobile satellite communications antenna

Author

Davis, Robert E. ; Elms, T. Keith ; Lam, Tony ; MacIsaac, Robert R.

Author_Institution

Canadian Centre for Marine Commun., St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada

fYear

1992

fDate

25-26 Jun 1992

Firstpage

453

Lastpage

455

Abstract

The measured elevation and azimuthal radiation patterns for an L-band mobile satellite communications antenna are observed. A question arises as to the most appropriate representation for the ground plane for this antenna when modelled using the Livermore Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC-2). A series of numerical modelling trials have been performed using this software and the resulting radiation patterns are compared with those measured

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; mobile antennas; satellite antennas; telecommunications computing; 1545 MHz; 1645 MHz; L-band mobile satellite communications antenna; Livermore Numerical Electromagnetics Code; NEC-2; UHF; azimuthal radiation patterns; elevation beam patterns; ground plane; linearly polarised adaptive array antenna; numerical model results; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic radiation; L-band; Mobile antennas; Numerical models; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, 1992. Conference Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0723-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWC.1992.200807

Filename

200807