Rain attenuation compensation function of WINDS communication systems

Author

Takayama, Shinichiro ; Horiuchi, Takafumi ; Sato, Tetsuo ; Higuchi, Toshio ; Nakao, Masahiro

Author_Institution

Satellite Applic. & Promotion Center, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite) is a geostationary Ka-band satellite and capable of providing high speed data satellite link with a small dish antenna at user sites. The Ka-band frequency is severely affected due to rain attenuation, so WINDS adopts a rain attenuation compensation function in both uplink and downlink path between the satellite and ground user terminals. The basic function was confirmed under the statistic conditions by using the attenuator in the ground user terminal and JAXA will conduct the field test to define suitable parameters under the weather conditions actually.

Keywords

data communication; satellite communication; JAXA; WINDS communication systems; field test; geostationary Ka-band satellite; ground user terminal; high speed data satellite link; rain attenuation compensation function; small dish antenna; statistic conditions; wideband internetworking engineering test and demonstration satellite; Attenuation; Broadband antennas; Data engineering; Downlink; Frequency; Internetworking; Rain; Satellite antennas; Testing; Wind; Ka-band; MBA; MPA; WINDS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2009. ICICS 2009. 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Macau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4656-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4657-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2009.5397703

Filename

5397703