• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.1448-1458
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• 1997

In this paper the reverse link of the GLOBALSTAR-the representative CDMA LEO satellite system and LEO mobile satellite channel are developed by the SPW software simulation tool. And the performance of the system is evaluated. GLOBALSTAR is designed to give cellular-type service to hand-held user terminals through a constellation of 48 LEO satellites in circular orbites with 1414 Km altitude. Since LEO mobile satellite system communicates with mobile unit, it is suffered from severe multipath fading and shadowing. The fast mobility of LEO satellites makes the channel condition time vering. So, the LEO mobile satellite channel is different from land mobile channels. In this unique LEO satellite channel, it is shown that the performance of the GLOBALSTAR reverse link is varied according to the elevational angle, but this variation is overcome by satellite path diversity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.151-155
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• 2002

In this paper, interference effects between NGSO and HAPS analyze into two cases. One is HAPS interference effect into NGSO, another is NGSO interference effect into HAPS. First, same case of number of users for LEO and HAPS interference received to LEO mobile station are over the -8.82dB. But in case of 1/10 and 1/100, I/N values are lowest 16.9dB and -20.3dB respectively. In case of interference received to HPAS mobile station, as LEO is 87$^{\circ}$, if the HAPS and LEO users is same, interference criterion over the 2200 users. but in the case of 1/10 and 1/100 of LEO is HAPS users, we don't know over the interference criterion. In accordance with, for reduce to effects of interference important suitable establishment of transmission power, number of users and cell radius of two system.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.23-40
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• 2021

The idea of designing LEO's satellite constellations has become very important for internet access. Several LEO satellite constellations have been designed and used for global communications. In this paper, by examining three LEO satellite constellations, namely SpaceX's 4425 satellites Ku-Kaband system, OneWeb's 720 satellites Ku-Ka-band system, Telesat's 117 satellites Ka-band system. And evaluating the power of data transmission and their telecommunications, we come close to a conceptual design area. First with the mathematical modeling and formulation and the design of inter-orbital communications for satellites, inter-satellite communications, inter-orbital communications, we get a complete design based on the genetic algorithm for LEO satellite constellation design. And then, using simulations and design software, the final results of the designed model are obtained. Finally, we compare the results of the designed model with other existing LEO satellite constellations.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.323-332
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• 2023

Today, services using Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technology are provided in various fields, such as smartphone Location-Based Service (LBS) and autonomous driving. Generally, outdoor positioning techniques depend on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and the need for positioning techniques that guarantee positioning accuracy, availability, and continuity is emerging with advances in service. In particular, continuity is not guaranteed in urban canyons where it is challenging to secure visible satellites with standalone GNSS, and even if more than four satellites are visible, the positioning accuracy and stability are reduced due to multipath channels. Research using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites is already underway to overcome these limitations. In this study, we conducted a trend analysis of LEO-PNT research, an LEO satellite-based navigation and augmentation system. Through comparison with GNSS, the differentiation of LEO-PNT was confirmed, and the system design and receiver processing were analyzed according to LEO-PNT classification. Lastly, the current status of LEO-PNT development by country and institution was confirmed.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.451-460
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• 2006

Since low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations have important advantages over geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) systems such as low propagation delay, low power requirements, and more efficient spectrum allocation due to frequency reuse between satellites and spotbeams, they are considered to be used to complement the existing terrestrial fixed and wireless networks in the evolving global mobile network. However, one of the major problems with LEO satellites is their higher speed relative to the terrestrial mobile terminals, which move at lower speeds but at more random directions. Therefore, handover management in LEO satellite networks becomes a very challenging task for supporting global mobile communication. Efficient and accurate methods are needed for LEO satellite handovers between the moving footprints. In this paper, we propose a new seamless handover management scheme for LEO satellites (SeaHO-LEO), which utilizes the handover management schemes aiming at decreasing latency, data loss, and handover blocking probability. We also present another interesting handover management model called satellite mobility pattern based handover management in LEO satellites (PatHO-LEO) which takes mobility pattern of both satellites and mobile terminals into account to minimize the handover messaging traffic. This is achieved by the newly introduced billboard manager which is used for location updates of mobile users and satellites. The billboard manager makes the proposed handover model much more flexible and easier than the current solutions, since it is a central server and supports the management of the whole system. To show the performance of the proposed algorithms, we run an extensive set of simulations both for the proposed algorithms and well known handover management methods as a baseline model. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithms are very promising for seamless handover in LEO satellites.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.1279-1286
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• 2009

This paper addresses the analysis of the interference produced between the LEO(Low Earth Orbit) satellite constellation and FS(Fixed Service) system operating in the same frequency and area. At first, we calculates the interference of FS system from the LEO satellite constellation depending on the number of LEO satellite antenna beams. Simulation results show that the amount of interference that was calculated from each region. This result can be used to define the carrier level for protecting FS system from total interference by LEO satellite constellation. In the second scenario, we calculates the interference of LEO satellite system earth station by the FS link depending on radius of protection area. The presented results can be used to design FS systems minimizing interference to earth station.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1260-1283
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• 2019

Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network is a crucial part of the space information network. LEO satellite constellation design is a top-level design, which plays a decisive role in the overall performance of the LEO satellite network. However, the existing works on constellation design mainly focus on the coverage criterion and rarely take network performance into the design process. In this article, we develop a unified framework for constellation optimization design in LEO satellite broadband networks. Several design criteria including network performance and coverage capability are combined into the design process. Firstly, the quality of service (QoS) metrics is presented to evaluate the performance of the LEO satellite broadband network. Also, we propose a network stability model for the rapid change of the satellite network topology. Besides, a mathematical model of constellation optimization design is formulated by considering the network cost-efficiency and stability. Then, an optimization algorithm based on non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) is provided for the problem of constellation design. Finally, the proposed method is further evaluated through numerical simulations. Simulation results validate the proposed method and show that it is an efficient and effective approach for solving the problem of constellation design in LEO satellite broadband networks.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.133-142
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• 1995

We studied the nonlinear estimation problem of extended Kalman filter and appled this method to LEO satellite system. Through this method the performance of extended Kalman filter was analyzed. There were certain presumption taken; J2 and atmospheric drag were simply considered in the dynamic model of LEO satellite and the system noise error of $\sigma_r$=150m, $\sigma_r$=10m/s was presumed in the observation data. As results of this simulation, the overall state estimation errors of extended Kalman filter were within the presumed error range and also the ability of performance was maximized when the condition was the state process noise Q has the 1/10 level of covariance matrix Po.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.57-62
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• 2015

The satellite orbit is continuously changing due to space environment. Especially for low earth orbit, atmospheric drag plays an important role in the orbit altitude decay. Recently, solar activities are expected to be high, and relevant events are occurring frequently. In this paper, analysis on the impact of geomagnetic storm on LEO satellite orbit is presented. For this, real flight data of KOMPSAT-2, KOMPSAT-3, and KOMPSAT-5 are analyzed by using the daily decay rate of mean altitude is calculated from the orbit determination. In addition, the relationship between the solar flux and geomagnetic index, which are the metrics for solar activities, is statistically analyzed with respect to the altitude decay. The accuracy of orbit prediction with both the fixed drag coefficient and estimated one is examined with the precise orbit data as a reference. The main results shows that the improved accuracy can be achieved in case of using estimated drag coefficient.