Unleashing the Polarisation Domain for Land Mobile Satellite MIMO Systems

Konferenz: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
23.03.2009 - 27.03.2009 in Berlin, Germany

Tagungsband: EuCAP 2009

Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Ekpe, Unwana M.; Brown, Tim W. C.; Evans, Barry G. (Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom)

Inhalt:
This paper introduces the use of Dual Circular Polarisation Multiplexing (DCPM) for land mobile satellite communication (LMS) systems as a simpler alternative to MIMO. The conditions for switching from traditional polarisation-separated MIMO to DCPM are analysed using synthetic data and data obtained from a previous LMS measurement campaign. Metrics used for performance comparison include the channel ergodic capacity, channel correlation, and the channel cross-polar ratio (XPR). DCPM brings with it the benefits of simpler receiver based processing dependent only upon the mobile.