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Propagation considerations in the American Mobile Satellite system designAn overview of the American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC) mobile satellite services (MSS) system with special emphasis given to the propagation issues that were considered in the design is presented. The aspects of the voice codec design that effect system performance in a shadowed environment are discussed. The strategies for overcoming Ku-Band rain fades in the uplink and downlink paths of the gateway station are presented. A land mobile propagation study that has both measurement and simulation activities is described.
Document ID
19940010195
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kittiver, Charles (American Mobile Satellite Corp. Washington, DC, United States)
Sigler, Charles E., Jr. (American Mobile Satellite Corp. Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: JPL, Proceedings of the Seventeenth NASA Propagation Experimenters Meeting (NAPEX 17) and the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Propagation Studies Miniworkshop p 171-181 (SEE N94-14
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
94N14668
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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