Optical satellite downlinks to optical ground stations and high-altitude platforms

2007 16th IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Giggenbach, Dirk ^a   Horwath, Joachim ^a   Epple, Bernhard ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

High altitude platforms; Optical freespace links; Optical ground stations; Optical satellite downlinks

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; PORT TERMINALS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SITE SELECTION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

DATA RATES; FUTURE MISSIONS; GROUND STATIONS; HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORMS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT WEIGHTING; MOBILE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL FREESPACE LINKS; OPTICAL GROUND STATIONS; OPTICAL SATELLITE DOWNLINKS; OPTICAL TERMINALS; OPTICAL-; RADAR SENSORS; SATELLITE MISSIONS; SATELLITE TERMINALS; TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS; TRANSMIT POWERS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 50249176011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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