Capacity study of a LEO satellite link with multiple antennas user terminals

Author

Lebedev, Nikolai ; Diouris, Jean-Franqois

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytech., Nantes Univ., France

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

Oct. 29 2000-Nov. 1 2000

Firstpage

511

Abstract

The model of shaded satellite communication link with common Rayleigh fading for transmit antennas at the terminal is considered. The achievable rate for multiple user scenario is calculated for two detection schemes at the receiving end on-board satellite-joint detection and independent detection. The influence of system parameters such as the number of antennas employed by the user terminal and the number of users transmitting simultaneously on the channel capacity is analyzed.

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; antenna arrays; array signal processing; channel capacity; mobile satellite communication; satellite links; signal detection; transmitting antennas; LEO satellite link; Rayleigh fading; beamforming; channel capacity; compact antenna array; independent detection; joint detection; mobile satellite communication system; multiple antennas user terminals; shaded satellite communication link; spatial processing; system parameters; transmit antennas; Channel capacity; Data communication; Decoding; Electronic mail; Low earth orbit satellites; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 2000. Conference Record of the Thirty-Fourth Asilomar Conference on

Conference_Location

Pacific Grove, CA, USA

ISSN

1058-6393

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6514-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.2000.911008

Filename

911008