Sept.2011 Transactions
of
r
、
~anjing
University of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Vo
J.
28
No.
3
SPOT
BEAM
JUDGEMENT
ALGORITHM
IN
LEO
SATELLITE
BASED ON
OPNET
Yu
Jia
,
Zong
Peng
(College
of
Astronautics. NUAA.
29
Yudao Street. Nanjing. P.
R.
China)
Abstract: Low earth orbit
(LEü)
satellite constellation networks have a predominance of global coverage with
low propagation delays. A new spot beam judgement algorithm is presented
in
LEü
satellite constellation. At
first. judgement of central spot beam
is
considered. Then the judgement of outlying spot beam is achieved
by
two
algorithms.
üne
is
2-D space judgement algorithm and the other
is
3-D
space judgement algorithm. Based
on
these algorithms. an Iridium model implemented on
üPNET
with dynamic topology nodes and network layer pro-
tocols
is
presented and simulation results are obtained. The simulation results show that the satellite serving time
has obviously increased through the method of longest visible time criterion and the equal beam
width model
is
validated.
Key
words: satellite communication; spot beam; judgement; constellation; longest visible time
CLC number: TN927
Document code:A Arti
cI
e ID:1005-1120(2011)03-0269-07
INTRODUCTION
Due
to
superior
performances
of
low
earth
orbit
(LEO)
satellites
,
such
as
global
coverage
,
low
transmission
loss
,
small
end-to-end
delay
and
user
mobility
,
it
has
become
a
hot
topic
in
the
global
personal
wireless
communication.
1n
the
terrestrial
wireless
communica
tion
,
it
can
im-
prove
the
system
capacity
by
the
way
of
frequency
reuse[l]
,
while
in
the
satellite
communication
,
it
will
implement
the
frequency
reuse
by
the
way
of
multiple
spot
beam.
The
methods
of
multiple
spot
beam
adopted
for
frequency
reuse
has
been
the
concept
of
satellite
cellular
coverage.
One
coverage
area
of
the
spot
beam
is
considered
as
one
"cell
巾
tenna.
The
equal
spot-area
model
has
two
poten-
tial
values:
(1)
The
antenna
angle
of
the
spot
beam
which
takes
substellar
point
as
the
center
is
larger
than
others
,
in
addition
,
the
antenna
gain
is
smaller.
However
,
the
antenna
angle
of
view
of
the
spot
beams
which
are
far
away
from
the
sub-
stellar
point
is
smaller
and
the
antenna
gain
is
larger.
It
compensates
the
increase
in
path
loss
which
is
caused
by
larger
propagation
path
in
some
extent.
(2)
The
equal
spot-area
model
is
beneficial
to
the
even
coverage
of
system
capacity
for
terrestrial
service
area.
For
the
mobile
cells
which
move
with
the
movement
of
constellation
,
the
equal
spot-area
model
is a
better
choice[2-5].
1
GEOMETRICAL
RELATION-
Currently
there
are
two
typical
spot-beam
SHIP
OF
SA
TELLITE
ORBIT
models
with
equal
beam
width
and
equal
spot-
area.
The
antenna
angle
of
equal
beam
width
LEO
satellite
constellation
can
be
classified
model
(half-power
beam
width)
is
equal
,
while
into
two
groups
based
on
the
shape
of
orbits:
el-
the
geocentric
angle
of
equal
spot-area
model
is
liptical
or
circular[6].
When
a
circular
orbit
is
in
equa
l.
The
antenna
structure
and
parameters
of
use
,
the
earth
is
located
at
the
orbit
center.
The
equal
beam
width
model
are
completely
equal
,
as
inclination
angle
and
the
altitude
of
the
satellite
it
is
beneficial
to
the
simplification
of
satellite
an-
from
the
earth
center
are
constant
during
the
mo-
Received date: 2010-03-05; revision received date: 2011-04-13
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