Adjacent Satellite and Ground Station Interference

An overview of adjacent satellite interference is presented, including a discussion of national and international regulatory activity, methods of coordinating systems, and the four basic ways of reducing interference. A typical link assessment shows how this interference is included with other interference and noise sources. A comparative evaluation of systems operating in different frequency bands and within different satellite spacing environments is given as an example of the potential effect of adjacent satellite interference on satellite and ground station design. The article concludes that in the Ku-band, satellites providing a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service in the fixed satellite service (FSS) bands require significantly larger receive antennas on the ground than Ku-band satellites in the broadcasting satellite services (BSS) bands.

Print ISSN

0036-1682

Published

1989-12

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J03942