Wireless communications using Ka band satellites

Personal communications will be supported in metropolitan areas using terrestrial-based transmission means and the L-band portion of the frequency spectrum. On the other hand, satellite communications' global coverage makes it attractive to provide service to remote areas. Ka-band offers several advantages to support such services, notably the abundant spectrum space available. The service concept gives rise to a number of systems issues which are analyzed. It is shown that service availability, radiation hazards, and long and short term frequency stability severely limit the possible approaches to system design.<
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