Telecommunications – Wireless distribution system
Patent
1997-01-09
1998-08-18
Powell, Mark R.
Telecommunications
Wireless distribution system
343281P, 343782, 343840, 375334, 455131, 455272, H04H 100, H04B 106, H01Q 1300, H03D 300
Patent
active
057970823
ABSTRACT:
A C-Band or Ku-Band satellite communication system uses a relatively small receiving antenna while operating within current FCC designated bandwidth and using existing satellite configurations. Aperture synthesis techniques create nulls in orbit locations from which potential interference is expected. Bandwidth inefficient modulation techniques reduce transmission power flux density. Video compression reduces the power necessary to transmit video information. These three features make possible a receiving antenna with a receiving area equivalent to that of a three foot diameter dish, at C-Band frequencies. Comparable reductions are possible for Ku-, Ka-, S- and L-Band systems. Compressing the data reduces the required transmitted power by a factor of ten. Spreading the bandwidth reduces the power density below the FCC limitation. However, reducing the antenna diameter increases the beam width of the antenna, hence, the smaller antenna can no longer discriminate between adjacent C-Band satellites in their current orbital configuration. By designing the receiving antenna with nulls in orbital locations where potentially interfering satellites would be located, the small antenna avoids this interference. The same general technique is possible for a Ku-Band Antenna system. The FCC power limits are higher at Ku-Band than C-Band, however, losses due to rain absorption and thermal noise are higher at Ku-Band frequencies. Nevertheless, equivalent size savings on Ku-Band antennas are possible with the combination of the above techniques, when tailored for the Ku-Band environment.
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Miller John W.
Powell Mark R.
Terrastar, Inc.
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