Mobile Multimedia Satellite Communication System at Ku Band

Fumiaki NAGASE
Hiroshi TANAKA
Masayoshi NAKAYAMA
Tomohiro SEKI
Hiroshi KAZAMA
Hideki MIZUNO

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E84-B    No.4    pp.903-909
Publication Date: 2001/04/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Mobile Multimedia Communications)
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Keyword: 
satellite communication,  mobile communication,  multimedia,  tracking antenna,  system throughput,  

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Summary: 
This paper proposes a new satellite communication system that enables high-speed communication in a mobile environment. The system configuration combines a terrestrial mobile network and an existing satellite system, and includes a tracking antenna that was newly developed to receive 30 Mbit/s signals from commercial communication satellites. A prototype system comprising the mobile network, the satellite system and a vehicle in which the tracking antenna is installed was constructed for purposes of evaluation and demonstration. A LAN system was incorporated in the experimental vehicle by using the tracking antenna, a satellite router and a Personal Digital Cellular phone. The validity of the proposed system was verified by the tracking antenna driving tests, system UDP tests and FTP throughput tests in a mobile environment.