SYSTEM STUDY FOR SUPER MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE GROUND STATION.

Abstract

The work included analyses of certain digital modulation systems which are potential competitors to the analog systems reviewed earlier, analysis of antenna noise, further develop ment of antenna array systems, a development of a method for field calculation of antenna pointing directions, and a survey of existing and potential low noise receiving systems. The modulation studies indicate that only scant improvement over the capability of angle modulation feedback techniques are possible with digital systems - assuming the published results on the former are correct. The conclusion is based on analyses carried out on several multistate PCM transmission systems. One of these, using a weighted pulse duration, the weighting being dependent on the significance of the information represented by the pulse does not appear to have been studied before. It gave better results than a single error coded system, a deltasigma system, and of course, an unweighted system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602003

Entities

People

  • F. Haber
  • J. Feld
  • K. Ya'coub
  • M. Akiyama
  • R. Moff

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Systems
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Feedback
  • Ground Stations
  • Low Noise
  • Mobile Communications
  • Mobile Phones
  • Modulation
  • Noise
  • Stations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space