Title :
The MEO satellite mobile communication system
Author :
Lezhu, Zhou ; Dou, Li ; Lin Liaxing ; Zhenlin, Lu ; Haige, Xiang ; Fangyun, Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Beijing Univ., China
Abstract :
This paper presents a summary description of a newly proposed satellite mobile communication system. The features of the system are: (1) it will utilize a special 5-MEO equatorial satellite constellation; (2) it will be equipped with so-called staring antennas, the footprint of which is relatively fixed in the same serving area while the satellite is moving; (3) it will utilize general small-satellite platforms, the related techniques are currently available. This system is technically advanced and realizable in practice. The topics of this paper include the system construction, characteristics, operation principles and key technologies
Keywords :
mobile satellite communication; satellite antennas; 5-MEO equatorial satellite constellation; mobile satellite communication system; small-satellite platforms; staring antennas; Artificial satellites; Character generation; Costs; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile communication; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Satellite constellations; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Technology Proceedings, 2000. WCC - ICCT 2000. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6394-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCT.2000.890872
