Considerations for the Selection of Millimeter Frequency Bands for Mobile Satellite Communications.

Abstract

To provide communications for Naval forces at sea, a communications system must be mobile and must provide ocean coverage. At line-of-sight frequencies, the necessary coverage is provided by satellite relay. For practical and military reasons, mobile SATCOM terminals for the Navy must be limited in size, weight, and cost and must provide substantial resistance to jamming or unintentional interference along with a low probability that transmissons will be intercepted. It is primarily the military requirement for anti-jam (AJ) and low probability of intercept (LPI) performance in Naval SATCOM systems that dicates a need for millimeter wavelength systems where wide bandwidth transmission for AJ/LPI and narrow antenna beamwidths for LPI are possible along with the size and weight necessary in mobile terminals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 1976
Accession Number
ADA075723

Entities

People

  • David H. Townsend

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antennas
  • Area Coverage
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • Downlinks
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Line Of Sight
  • Low Angles
  • Microwave Frequency
  • Military Requirements
  • Military Research
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Naval Operations
  • Satellite Communications
  • Terminals
  • Weight

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites