• DocumentCode
    770437
  • Title

    Measured performance of meteor burst systems using antenna beam steering

  • Author

    Mawrey, R.S. ; Weitzen, J.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Meteor Commun. Corp., Kent, WA, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    38020
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    1467
  • Lastpage
    1476
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the use of antenna beam steering to improve performance of meteor burst communications systems. Various techniques used to achieve antenna beam steering are described and compared. Measured comparisons of meteor burst performance with and without antenna beam steering are given. To demonstrate an application of beam steering, a meteor burst system with 10 times the throughput performance of any previous meteor burst system, and with sufficient capacity to provide interactive voice communication, is also described.<>
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; interactive systems; meteor burst communication; voice communication; antenna array; antenna beam steering; interactive voice communication; measured performance; meteor burst communications systems; throughput performance; Antenna measurements; Beam steering; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/26.380196
  • Filename
    380196