• DocumentCode
    490969
  • Title

    Frequency Tracking a Downlink FH Signal for Mobile Platforms

  • Author

    Orr, Richard S.

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Telecommunications, Inc., 6888 Elm Street, McLean, Virginia 22101
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    Oct. 31 1983-Nov. 2 1983
  • Firstpage
    522
  • Lastpage
    529
  • Abstract
    A mobile platform receiving a frequency hopped (FH) downlink must acquire and track that link to sustain communications. A technique originated by Ziv and Zakai allows us to lower bound the achievable frequency error for a variety of channel conditions (Gaussian, partial-band, Raleigh). In closed loop space-to-ground tracking systems which have an FH uplink as well, frequency precorrection may be needed on each of the terminal´s transmissions. The frequency error model developed in this paper is used in combination with models of other frequency error sources to yield analysis that can aid in selecting tracking update rates.
  • Keywords
    Downlink; Error correction; Fading; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Mobile communication; Robustness; Satellites; Space vehicles; Tracking loops;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Military Communications Conference, 1983. MILCOM 1983. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MILCOM.1983.4794750
  • Filename
    4794750