Digital Signal Processing for a Ka Band Satellite Beacon Receiver / Radiometer

Author

Kikkert, Cornelis J. ; Kenny, Owen P.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., James Cook Univ., Townsville, QLD

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

133

Abstract

This paper describes the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques required to ensure that a Ka band Satellite Beacon Receiver/Radiometer remains locked to the satellite beacon and provide a measure of both the sky noise and the attenuation caused by rain to satellite signals. To enable the receiver to stay locked to satellite beacon signals with received power levels between -110 dBm and -170 dBm, a receiver with an ultra low phase noise, an absence of spurious signals and using advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques is required.

Keywords

microwave receivers; phase noise; radiometers; satellite communication; signal processing; DSP technique; Ka band satellite beacon receiver; digital signal processing; radiometer; rain attenuation; ultra low phase noise; Computer science; Digital signal processing; Energy efficiency; Mobile computing; Peer to peer computing; Performance evaluation; Radiometry; Routing; Satellite broadcasting; Telecommunication traffic; DDC; DSP; Digital Down Conversion; FFT; Radiometer; Rain Attenuation; Rain Fade; Satellite Beacon Receiver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2008. ATNAC 2008. Australasian

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2602-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2603-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ATNAC.2008.4783309

Filename

4783309