System aspects of mobile communication and position determination by satellite are described. Topics of discussion are the choice of frequency, type of modulation/multiple access and system design, and considering the effects of active and passive intermodulation and multipath interference. Communication performance and position determination analyses are conducted with respect to small-scale domestic mobile communication systems, where the satellite mobile transponder constitutes only a fraction of the otherwise fixed services
Published in:
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:24
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: Jul 1988