PN Regenerative Ranging and Its Compatibility With Telecommand and Telemetry Signals

Author

Boscagli, Giovanni ; Holsters, Peter ; Vassallo, Enrico ; Visintin, Monica

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk

Volume

95

Issue

11

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2224

Lastpage

2234

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of a satellite communication system which the onboard receiver regenerates the uplink pseudonoise (PN) ranging sequence. Using phase modulation, the PN ranging signal is transmitted together with the telecommand signal in the uplink and the telemetry signal in the downlink. Various ranging sequences are taken into consideration and tested prior to final international adoption. The reciprocal interference among telemetry, telecommand, and ranging signals is evaluated in terms of bit error rate and ranging phase acquisition time.

Keywords

error statistics; pseudonoise codes; satellite communication; telemetry; bit error rate; onboard receiver; phase modulation; pseudonoise regenerative ranging; ranging phase acquisition time; reciprocal interference; satellite communication system; telecommand signal; telemetry signal; uplink pseudonoise ranging sequence; Clocks; Downlink; Interference; Satellite ground stations; Senior members; Signal processing; Space technology; Space vehicles; Telecommunications; Telemetry; Distance measurements; interference; pseudonoise (PN) regenerative ranging; space vehicle communication; space vehicle control; space vehicle telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2007.905186

Filename

4390032