Satcom Engineering Blog Series
Link Budget Background, Definitions, and Assumptions
Rain Fade
Skew Angle and Effective Aperture of Airborne Antennas
Spot beams Vs Wide Beams - Ku band
Forward Channel Considerations
Transponder Downlink Contours
Forward Channel Downlink Regulations
Ku-band Airborne Antenna Figure of Merit (G/T)
Ka-band Figure of Merit (G/T)
Return Channel Link Budget
Ku-band Return Channel Maximum PSD
Ka-band Return Channel Maximum PSD
Presentations and Papers
Second-Generation Satcom - PP792 (2016)
Phased Arrays (2016)
Aero Antennas: Bigger is Better! (2016)
OneWeb - Key Characteristics (2016)
Beam Hopping, Beam Forming, Frequency Reuse, Satellite Throughput (2016)
VICTS (2Ku) is Mechanically Steered & Other Antenna Characteristics (2015)
AEEC Ku/KA Satcom Subcommittee Status Report (2015)
PP792 Jan 2015 Meeting Presentation
Ku/Ka-band Satcom - Presentation to SAI June 2014
Emerging Satcom - Presentation to AEEC April 2014
AEEC Ku/Ka Satcom Subcommittee Status Report (2014)
AEEC Ku/Ka Satcom Subcommittee Status Report (2013)
Satellite Communications (2012)
Ku/Ka-Band Satellite Communications Subcommittee Project Summary (2012)
ARINC 791 Status (2011)
Ku-band Aeronautical Communication (2009)
AEEC Ku-band Satcom Working Group Report (2009)
Broadband Communications - Tenzing (2001)
Broadband Communications - Tenzing to BA (2001)
L band, Ku band, Ka band: Aeronautical Applications, DO-160 Qualification, Certification, Regulation, and Standardization; Modeling; Testing; Cellular; Bluetooth; WiFi; Antenna; Beam Steering; Aero Performance - CFD; Link Budget;
