Title :
Performance of short- and long-range meteor burst communication systems with different antennas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Lowell, MA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The performance of meteor burst communication at different ranges for a number of antenna configurations is analyzed. Characteristics of ideal antenna patterns for short- and long-range meteor scatter communication are described. An ideal antenna configuration matches its illumination pattern to the spatial arrival pattern of meteor trails. The analysis is used to compare the performance of several commonly used antenna configurations. It will be demonstrated that the characteristics of antennas which perform well at short ranges are different than those that perform well at long ranges
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antennas; meteor burst communications; antenna configurations; antenna patterns; illumination pattern; long ranges; meteor burst communication systems; meteor trails; short ranges; spatial arrival pattern; Atmosphere; Azimuth; Communication channels; Ellipsoids; Ionization; Lighting; Pattern analysis; Polarization; Scattering; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
