Low-cost auto pointing auto-tuning VSAT antenna in Ka-band

在加拿大，卫星通信在向公众和不同行业提供安全可靠的通信服务方面发挥着关键作用。这项建议的目的是解决卫星通信中一个非常重要的问题：需要快速、成本效益高和可靠的“自安装”自动指向自动调谐地球站天线结构，能够容纳甚小孔径终端系统并精确捕获卫星的整个地球静止弧，从而消除了为了手动地将天线指向预订的卫星服务而将专业安装人员发送到远程站点的需要。在这个项目中，主要类型的机动天线支架将被检查，并使用Ka波段75厘米抛物面天线的整体性能进行比较。作为最后一步，集成设计的零件和COTS（现成的产品）零件应该有助于获得概念原型的证明。 拟议的研究是及时和相关的卫星通信技术和创新，这将有助于促进现场安装和部署的VSAT系统的复杂性和困难。这项工作得到了C-COM卫星系统公司的支持，多伦多证券交易所上市公司它是开发和部署移动的卫星技术的领导者，用于向车辆或其他移动的结构提供双向高速互联网服务，也是可靠的双向高速宽带卫星互联网服务的领先服务提供商。

In Canada, satellite communications plays a key role in providing secure and reliable communication services to the general public and to different industries. The objective of this proposal is to address a problem of high interest in satellite communications: the need for quick, cost-effective and reliable "self-install" auto-pointing auto-tuning earth station antenna structures capable of holding Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems and precisely capture the full geostationary arc of satellites, thus eliminating the need to send a professional installer to remote sites in order to manually point the antenna to the subscribed satellite service. In this project, major types of motorizing antenna mounts will be examined and their overall performance compared using Ka-band 75 cm parabolic antennas. As last step, integrating designed parts and parts from COTS (Components-Off-The-Shelf) should help deriving a Proof of Concept Prototype. The proposed research is timely and relevant to SATCOM technologies and innovation which will help facilitating the complexities and difficulties of onsite installation and deployment of VSAT systems. This work is being supported by C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., a publicly traded company on the TSX. It is a leader in the development and deployment of mobile satellite-based technology for the delivery of 2-way high-speed Internet services into vehicles or other mobile structures as well as a leading service provider of reliable 2-way high-speed broadband satellite based Internet services.