Cellular geometry for world-wide coverage by non-GEO satellites using 'earth-fixed cell' technique

Space Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Restrepo, Joaquin ^a,c,d,e   Maral, Gérard ^b,d,f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^e R and D Centres ^*  (Colombia)

^f Ecl Ctrl des Arts et Manufactures   (France)

^g French University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; ORBITS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

FREQUENCY REUSE PATTERNS; NONGEOSTATIONARY ORBIT EARTH FIXED CELL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030374716     PISSN: 09248625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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