A personal communications network using a Ka-band satellite

Author

Palmer, Larry C. ; Laborde, Enrique ; Stern, Alan ; Sohn, Philip Y.

Author_Institution

Hughes Network Syst. Inc., Germantown, MD, USA

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

2/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

401

Lastpage

417

Abstract

The feasibility of a personal communications network using portable terminals that can provide 4.8 kb/s voice communications to a hub station via Ka-band geosynchronous satellite has been investigated. Tradeoffs are examined so that the combined system of hub and gateway earth stations, the satellite, and the personal terminals can provide a competitive service in terms of cost, availability, and quality. A baseline system that uses a spacecraft with approximately 140 spot beams to cover the contiguous US (CONUS) and 5 W power amplifiers in each beam is described. Satellite access in both the forward and return directions uses frequency-division multiple-access/code-division multiple-access (FDMA/CDMA) with a chip rate of 2.5 Mchip/s

Keywords

code division multiple access; frequency division multiple access; personal communication networks; satellite relay systems; 4.8 kbit/s; 5 W; FDMA/CDMA; Ka-band satellite; availability; chip rate; competitive service; contiguous US; cost; frequency-division multiple-access/code-division multiple-access; gateway earth stations; geosynchronous satellite; hub station; personal communications network; personal terminals; power amplifiers; quality; spot beams; voice communications; Artificial satellites; Availability; Costs; Frequency division multiaccess; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Power amplifiers; Satellite ground stations; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.126991

Filename

126991