Absolute Delay Calibration of Antenna for Inter-Satellite Communication

Autor: Cheng-bin Kang, Hai-qing Dong, Tian-xiong Liu, Xiao-zhun Cui
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012) Proceedings ISBN: 9783642384448
Popis: The number of antenna for inter-satellite communication of distributed spacecrafts is larger than three. All the antennas have the same property. Three antennas are taken to form into three groups and each group consists of two antennas. For each group, transmitter transmits ranging signal via a testing antenna, receiver receives the ranging signal via another testing antenna. The delay from transmitter to receiver can be measured. Absolute delay of the three antennas can be obtained after data processing. The proposed method is easy to realize and needn’t extra calibration antennas. Using the inter-satellite communication signal as testing signal, the calibration results can represent the real delay of antennas for inter-satellite communication.
Databáze: OpenAIRE