Retrodirective terminal antenna for satellite and terrestrial mobile communications

Author

Malyuskin, Oleksandr ; Buchanan, N. ; Fusco, Vincent

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Queens Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

1595

Lastpage

1597

Abstract

The potential for implementation of retrodirective arrays as antenna terminals for future integrated satellite and terrestrial mobile communications is discussed in this paper. Particularly, in the context of the Inmarsat L-band system we address the issues related to array antenna element capacity to produce high-quality circular polarized radiation pattern over large angles of arrival. We also discuss circuitry reduction methodologies and their effect on retrodirected beam characteristics. The possibility of circular polarization modulation of the re-transmit signal is also discussed.

Keywords

antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; directive antennas; mobile communication; polarisation; satellite communication; Inmarsat L-band system; array antenna element capacity; circuitry reduction methodologies; circular polarization modulation; high-quality circular polarized radiation pattern; retrodirected beam characteristics; retrodirective arrays; retrodirective terminal antenna; satellite communications; terrestrial mobile communications; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Mobile communication; Periodic structures; Satellite antennas; Satellites; circular polarisation; electromagnetic band-gap material; retrodirective array; satellite communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546546