A EUROPEAN SATELLITE SYSTEM FOR MOBILE AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS AT KA AND EHF BAND.
- Paper ID
IAF-96-M.3.07
- author
- company
Alenia Spazio S.p.A.
- country
Italy
- year
1996
- abstract
The paper presents a summary description of the Satellite EHF Communications for Multimedia- mobile Services (SECOMS) system under study by Alenia Spazio , University of Tor Vergata in Rome and others European Partners, in the frame of the Advanced Communications Technology Service (ACTS) programs of the European Community. The mission objectives of the SECOMS system are to : « demonstrate the feasibility of broadband multimedia satellites sercices for portable and mobile users with flexible data rate assignment from few kbps up to 2 Mbps; » perform feasibility studies of advanced satellite system configurations based on the utilization of the Ka and the EHF frequency bands; * define satellite channel models for millimetric waves; * define broadband small size terminals; * perform field trials and service demonstrations through the ITALSATsatellite. The paper will focus the attention on the system architecture. The major characteristics of the space segment, the ground control stations and the portable/mobile user terminals will be outlined too .