Integration and testing of an SS-TDMA 120 Mbit/s regenerative repeater for advanced communications satellites at K-band

Author

Ananasso, Fulvio ; Bellaccini, Sergio

Author_Institution

Telespazio S.p.A. per le Comunicazioni Spaziali, Rama, Italy

Volume

134

Issue

5

fYear

1987

fDate

8/1/1987 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

499

Lastpage

509

Abstract

The paper deals with a test campaign performed on a regenerative repeater with an onboard baseband switching matrix (BBSM), able to set up a satellite-switched, time-division multiple-access (SS-TDMA) system. We first address the optimisation of the transmission channel (filters, TWTA back-off etc. ) on the basis of BER measurements, and then examine some functional tests including a TDMA terminal as a traffic terminal simulator.

Keywords

digital communication systems; electronic equipment testing; multi-access systems; optimisation; phase shift keying; radiofrequency filters; repeaters; satellite relay systems; time division multiplexing; 120 Mbit/s; 120.064 Mbit/s; BER measurements; K-band; QPSK; SHF; SS-TDMA; TWTA back-off; advanced communications satellites; digital transmission tests; filters; onboard baseband switching matrix; optimisation; regenerative repeater; satellite-switched time-division multiple-access; testing; traffic terminal simulator; transmission channel;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, Radar and Signal Processing, IEE Proceedings F

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0143-7070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-f-1.1987.0086

Filename

4647258