Title :
Spectral Efficiency of Mobile VSAT Systems
Author :
Weerackody, Vijitha ; Gonzalez, Lino
Author_Institution :
The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, 125 Half Mile Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701. Vijitha.Weerackody@jhuapl.edu
Abstract :
Satellite communication systems based on very small aperture terminals (VSAT) are important for the military in on-the-move communications applications. The performance of these systems depends on many parameters, including, the transmit and receive antenna aperture sizes and the specific satellite employed in the system. In this paper we will compute the spectral efficiency of the VSAT system for different sets of these parameters. We will consider the commercial Ku-band and all the applicable regulatory issues will be addressed in this analysis. It is demonstrated that these regulatory issues play a significant role in determining the performance of the VSAT system.
Keywords :
Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Downlink; FCC; Interference; Military communication; Military computing; Military satellites; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2007. MILCOM 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1513-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1513-7
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2007.4454812