Antenna and tracking system for land vehicles on satellite communications

Author

Tanaka, Kenji ; Yamamoto, Shin-ichi ; Wakana, Hiromitsu ; Ohmori, Shingo ; Matsunaga, Motoshi ; Tsuchiya, Masahiro

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Ibaraki, Japan

fYear

1992

fDate

10-13 May 1992

Firstpage

878

Abstract

An antenna system for L-band (1.6/1.5 GHz) land mobile satellite communications is presented. The antenna system includes both a phased array antenna and an open-loop tracking method using a geomagnetic sensor and an optical fiber gyro (OFG). Results of field experiments using the Engineering Test Satellite Five proved that the antenna system has practical commercial land mobile applications for satellite communications

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; microwave antennas; mobile antennas; mobile radio systems; satellite antennas; satellite ground stations; tracking systems; 1.5 GHz; 1.6 GHz; Engineering Test Satellite Five; L-band communication; UHF; antenna system; geomagnetic sensor; land mobile satellite communications; open-loop tracking method; optical fiber gyro; phased array antenna; Antenna arrays; Geomagnetism; Land vehicles; Mobile antennas; Optical arrays; Optical fiber sensors; Phased arrays; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Sensor arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1992, IEEE 42nd

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0673-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1992.245286

Filename

245286