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

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1133

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 2000. WCC - ICCT 2000. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6394-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.2000.890872

Filename

890872