Availability and bit error performance of dual-polarised digital PSK-satellite systems in Ka-band

Author

Weil, C. ; Jakoby, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany

Volume

35

Issue

16

fYear

1999

fDate

8/5/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1302

Lastpage

1303

Abstract

The availability of dual-polarised satellite systems in the Ka-band with different PSK-modulated signals is estimated by making use of cumulative distributions of the bit error rate. These distributions are evaluated by using an approach which combines statistical data from three years of propagation measurements with the OLYMPUS satellite at 20 and 30 GHz, and an appropriate co-channel interference model. In contrast to analogue FM systems, system simulations with QPSK, DQPSK and 8-PSK indicate no significant impact of depolarisation on the bit error performance and system availability

Keywords

cochannel interference; digital communication; electromagnetic wave polarisation; error statistics; phase shift keying; satellite communication; 20 GHz; 30 GHz; BER; CCI model; Ka-band; PSK-modulated signals; bit error performance; bit error rate; co-channel interference model; cumulative distributions; digital PSK satellite systems; dual-polarised satellite systems; propagation measurements; statistical data; system availability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19990915

Filename

790012