An Integrated Design Approach to 30/20 GHz Trunking Systems

A design procedure for 30/20 GHz trunking systems is presented which permits the joint optimization of the satellite links and the terrestrial links between diversity terminals of individual earth stations. This process involves the generation of uplink and downlink power control functions (PCF's), which depend on 1) the rapidity with which power control can be exercised, relative to the rate of variation of atmospheric attenuation, and 2) the available uplink and downlink HPA power. The PCF's combine to produce a link availability curve (LAC), which describes the uplink/downlink fade combinations for which a specified bit error rate (BER) can be maintained. The set of required terminal separation distances (TSD's) can generally be computed from the LAC, together with the marginal uplink and downlink attenuation distributions. Methods of implementing uplink and downlink power control are discussed. In particular, several alternatives for determination of uplink attenuation and selection of the appropriate transmit terminal are contrasted.