Small-diameter Earth terminal transmission issues in support of high data rate mobile satellite service applications

Author

Comparetto, Gary ; Marshall, James

Author_Institution

Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

321

Abstract

There is a growing interest by the DoD and by industry in the use of small-diameter, directional antennas in the Ku- and Ka-band frequency ranges, in order to support peer-to-peer connectivity in the Mbps data rate range. This is normally accompanied by relatively high Earth terminal (ET) transmit powers which, together with the directionality of the antenna system, may result in unacceptable off-axis ET transmission levels relative to national and international criteria. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the challenges involved in designing this type of Earth terminal in the face of evolving ET transmission limits.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; data communication; directive antennas; microwave antennas; military communication; military equipment; millimetre wave antennas; mobile antennas; mobile satellite communication; satellite ground stations; telecommunication terminals; DoD; Earth terminal; Ka-band frequency range; Ku-band frequency range; antenna radiation pattern; army SATCOM terminal; directional antennas; high data rate service; mobile satellite service; multi-band integrated satellite terminal; small-diameter antennas; Data engineering; Directional antennas; Frequency; Protection; Radio spectrum management; Radiofrequency identification; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Transmitting antennas; US Department of Defense;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7225-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985812

Filename

985812