Future W/V-Band Satellite Communication Systems

Abstract

During this cooperative agreement, the bandwidth efficiency of a W/V-band communication channel was simulated and computed under an additive white Gaussian noise environment. These simulations incorporated measured cumulative distribution functions from the AFRL W/V-band Terrestrial Link Experiment. Simulations used the Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite Second Generation (DVB-S2) adaptive code modulation scheme. A link margin of a W/V-band communication system was assumed. It was found that the bandwidth efficiency of the W/V-band channel was 4.27 bits/s/Hz, and the corresponding data rate was 21.37 Gbits/s per beam when the link margin was 10 dB with 5 GHz of bandwidth. Compared to the 20 Gbps peak data rates in the existing terrestrial mm Wave 5G massive MIMO system at frequencies of 28 GHz and 39 GHz, improvement of the W/V-band is significant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 2021
Accession Number
AD1161697

Entities

People

  • Hyuck M. Kwon
  • Ian Ellis
  • L. Hulede
  • Richard T. Lahman

Organizations

  • Wichita State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadcasting
  • Coding
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Data Rate
  • Digital Video
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Governments
  • Information Theory
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Random Variables
  • Satellite Communications
  • Spacecraft

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - Internet of Things
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites