Tutorial: Propagation Phenomena and Terrestrial Interference in Satellite Television Transmission

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 98, No. 9, pp. 658–663
Abstract: Each of the primary sources of natural (not man-made) satellite interference is explained here, as is terrestrial interference in satellite communications. Two typical video downlinks (one at C band and one at Ku band) are used as references for quantified comparisons of degradation levels for each interference type. Simple analogies are presented to allow the layman to gain a better understanding of these complex interference mechanisms. It is shown that rain is the predominant degradation source at Ku band, while the atmosphere and the earth produce secondary effects. At C band, degradations are generally less severe — with the exceptions of terrestrial interference and ionospheric effects.
Publication Date: 1989-09-01
DOI: 10.5594/J02665
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J02665
Author(s): Reed M. BurkhartReed M. Burkhart is with Hughes Communications, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 90009.
Copyright: © 1989 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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