Unleashing the polarisation domain for land mobile satellite MIMO systems

Author

Ekpe, Unwana M. ; Brown, Tim W C ; Evans, Barry G.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Syst. Res., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

2288

Lastpage

2291

Abstract

This paper introduces the use of dual circular polarisation multiplexing (DCPM) for land mobile satellite communication (LMS) systems as a simpler alternative to MIMO. The conditions for switching from traditional polarisation-separated MIMO to DCPM are analysed using synthetic data and data obtained from a previous LMS measurement campaign. Metrics used for performance comparison include the channel ergodic capacity, channel correlation, and the channel cross-polar ratio (XPR). DCPM brings with it the benefits of simpler receiver based processing dependent only upon the mobile.

Keywords

MIMO communication; electromagnetic wave polarisation; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; multiplexing; radio receivers; DCPM; LMS-MIMO system; dual circular polarisation multiplexing; land mobile satellite communication; receiver; Artificial satellites; Data analysis; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Least squares approximation; MIMO; Polarization; Satellite communication; Switches; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5068073