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http://dx.doi.org/10.9766/KIMST.2016.19.3.363

Coupler Implementation and Antenna Tracking Accuracy Analysis for Ku-band Multi-mode Monopulse Satellite Tracking System  

Lee, Jaemoon (The 2nd Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defence Development)
Lim, Jaesung (Department of Computer Engineering, Ajou University)
Park, Dohyun (Department of Communication, LIG Nex1)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology / v.19, no.3, 2016 , pp. 363-370 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes a Ku-band multi-mode coupler and its monopulse tracking system, which can be applied to a unmaned aircraft vehicle(UAV) platform. In general, the carrier-to-noise(C/N) level of the beacon signal from a Ku-band commercial satellite is relatively weak compared to that of a military satellite because the Ku-band satellite has been designed for commercial services. Therefore, this paper proposes a coupler and its multi-mode monopulse tracking system satisfying the tracking accuracy under a low C/N environment and analyzes the tracking accuracy. After that, we perform a real satellite tracking test and compare the accuracy of the test with the analysis result before validating the performance of the architecture of the proposed satellite tracking system.
Keywords
Satellite Tracking; Multimode Monopulse; Ku Band; Tracking Accuracy; UAV;
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