Enhancing small satellite communication through effective antenna system design

Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 347-352

  Muri, Paul ^a   Challa, Obulpathi ^a   McNair, Janise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Helical antennas; Log periodic antennas; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite applications; Satellite communication; Yagi Uda arrays

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; ANTENNA THEORY; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION; YAGI-UDA ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA GROUNDS; COMMUNICATION; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; HELICAL ANTENNAS; LOG PERIODIC ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 79951668297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2010.5680405     Document Type: Conference Paper

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