A comparison study of CDMA versus TDMA/FDMA LEO satellite systems

In this thesis, two LEO satellite systems with different multiple access schemes are analyzed. The first system, GLOBALSTAR, uses CDMA. Equations are developed to calculate the maximum capacity of one satellite, of one satellite's user beam, and of the entire GLOBALSTAR system over CONUS. A det...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ciocco, Timothy Michael
Other Authors: Moose, Paul H.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32142