Design of a low-orbit-to-geostationary satellite link for maximal throughput

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 988-996

  Ryan, William E ^a   Han, Li ^a   Quintana, Paul A ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Cutoff rate; Geo satellites; Leo satellites; Time varying channels; Time varying codes

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MODULATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SIGNAL ENCODING; TRACKING (POSITION);

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES; SATELLITE ANTENNA BEAMWIDTH; TIME VARYING CHANNELS;

SATELLITE LINKS;

EID: 0031208225     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.618315     Document Type: Article

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