A new methodology for the determination of the co-ordination area around stations of the fixed service (FS) with respect to mobile Earth stations on board vessels (ESVs)

Abstract

The extensive use of Earth stations located on board sea going vessels (ESVs) has created the necessity for the development of a new type of co-ordination area around the fixed service receivers (FSRs) operating in frequency bands C and Ku. To date there is not a single method concerning the calculation of the co-ordination area around the FSRs, which takes into account the mobility of the interfering stations. This paper addresses an in-depth analysis of the interference produced to the FSRs by the ESVs and proposes a new method for the development of the co-ordination area around the FSRs, taking into account parameters such as the velocity of the ESVs and their frequencies of passage from specific locations. Simulations performed for three different operational scenarios prove the validity of the new methodology. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.