Optimized antenna designs for meteor burst communications

Author

Desourdis, Robert, Jr. ; Trementozzi, Ralph

Author_Institution

Sci. Applications Int. Corp., Stow, MA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

30 Sep-3 Oct 1990

Firstpage

868

Abstract

Meteor burst (MB) link performance is highly sensitive to patterns of link antennas. This sensitivity is determined by the match of transmit and receive antenna power gain and polarization throughout the usable MB sky volume. An application of the METEORLINK computer model to optimize antenna designs versus range is described. The approach uses antenna elevation and azimuth angle densities created with omnidirectional antenna patterns at different link ranges to provide specifications for the optimum pattern. Realizable designs are presented for path lengths of 100, 600 and 1100 miles and apply to fixed range links using simple antennas above ground. The approach can be extended to optimize antenna designs for adaptive, network, or mobile applications

Keywords

CAD; antenna radiation patterns; antennas; meteor burst communications; telecommunications computing; 100 miles; 1100 miles; 600 miles; METEORLINK computer model; adaptive applications; antenna elevation; antenna radiation patterns; azimuth angle densities; link antennas; link performance; link ranges; meteor burst communications; mobile applications; network applications; omnidirectional antenna patterns; optimised antenna designs; optimum pattern; path lengths; polarization; power gain; receive antenna; sky volume; transmit antenna; Acoustic reflection; Adaptive arrays; Design optimization; Directive antennas; Performance gain; Plasmas; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Resonance; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1990. MILCOM '90, Conference Record, A New Era. 1990 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1990.117538

Filename

117538