Personal Satellite Services. Second International ICST Confernce, PSATS 2010, Rome, Italy, February 2010 Revised Selected Papers

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Overview of PHY-Layer Design Challenges and Viable Solutions in W-Band Broadband Satellite Communications

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-13618-4_1,
        author={Claudio Sacchi and Tommaso Rossi},
        title={Overview of PHY-Layer Design Challenges and Viable Solutions in W-Band Broadband Satellite Communications},
        proceedings={Personal Satellite Services. Second International ICST Confernce, PSATS 2010, Rome, Italy, February 2010 Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={PSATS},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={Satellite communications EHF communications gigabit connectivity Modulation Pulse shaping Channel coding},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-13618-4_1}
    }
    
  • Claudio Sacchi
    Tommaso Rossi
    Year: 2012
    Overview of PHY-Layer Design Challenges and Viable Solutions in W-Band Broadband Satellite Communications
    PSATS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13618-4_1
Claudio Sacchi,*, Tommaso Rossi1,*
  • 1: University of Rome,“Tor Vergata”
*Contact email: sacchi@disi.unitn.it, tommaso.rossi@uniroma2.it

Abstract

The exploitation of Extremely High Frequency (EHF) bands for broadband satellite communications really represents a challenging frontier for aerospace R&D. In few time, ALPHASAT mission (through the Technology Demonstration Payload 5) should test Q/V band (40-50GHz) digital satellite transmission. Moreover, a lot of effort is spent to study the feasibility of broadband links in W-band (70-110GHz). This paper is devoted at showing the most relevant challenges to be faced in the effective PHY-layer design of W-band satellite connections. Some practical solutions will be analyzed together with a look to future solutions in phase of testing. From the proposed analysis, it is clear that effects of nonlinear distortions and phase noise should be adequately counteracted by considering spectrally-efficient solutions. In such a perspective, it seems that efficient coded modulations employed together with appropriate pulse shaping can be regarded as effective PHY-layer solutions for future high-frequency and high-data rate connections.