Title :
A system study to investigate the feasibility of Terabit/s satellites
Author :
Aloisio, Marinella ; Angeletti, Piero ; Coromina, Francesc ; Mignolo, Domenico ; Petrolati, Daniele ; Re, Emiliano
Author_Institution :
Eur. Space Res. & Technol. Centre (ESTEC), Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper presents a preliminary system analysis carried out in order to understand, from a system perspective, which technologies, communication techniques and resources will be required to achieve the challenging goal of developing a Terabit/s satellite system in the 2020 time horizon.
Keywords :
satellite communication; 2020 time horizon; Terabit/s satellites; communication resources; communication techniques; preliminary system analysis; system study; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Europe; Payloads; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Broadband Communications; Satellite Communication Systems; Satellite Payloads; Terabit; Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0188-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0187-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262226
