As a complementary to terrestrial mobile communication systems, mobile satellite communication system can fill the gaps that cannot be covered by terrestrial network, and provides an irreplaceable solution for emergen...As a complementary to terrestrial mobile communication systems, mobile satellite communication system can fill the gaps that cannot be covered by terrestrial network, and provides an irreplaceable solution for emergency communication in disaster. To pave the road for future satellite/terrestrial integrated communication networks, ITU-R invited proposals for candidate Radio Interface Technology(RIT) for the satellite component of International Mobile Telecommunications(IMT)-Advanced. China proposed the RIT of Long Term Evolution(LTE)-satellite as a candidate to be considered as IMT-Advanced satellite technology. The submitted LTE-satellite candidate RIT is specified based on terrestrial LTEAdvanced FDD standards that are developed in 3GPP. Considering satellite requirements, a number of modifications to LTE-Advanced are made to adapt to satellite radio transmission environments. This paper provides a general introduction of the new characteristics of LTEsatellite.展开更多
基金supported by National Science and Technology Major Project"Study on Mobile Satellite Baseband Chip"under Grant No.2013ZX03006004supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) "Research on the Key Technology for the Baseband Signal Processing for Onboard Payload"under Grant No.2012AA01A502+2 种基金the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program"Key Technologies of Sky-Earth Integration Wireless Communication Network"under Grant No.2010THZ03supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) "Study and Verification of Satellite Mobile Communication System Wireless Transmission and Networking Technologies"under Grant No.2012AA01A506the Jiangsu Province’s Natural Science Foundation Program"Satellite Mobile Communication System Application Foundations"under Grant No.BK2011019
文摘As a complementary to terrestrial mobile communication systems, mobile satellite communication system can fill the gaps that cannot be covered by terrestrial network, and provides an irreplaceable solution for emergency communication in disaster. To pave the road for future satellite/terrestrial integrated communication networks, ITU-R invited proposals for candidate Radio Interface Technology(RIT) for the satellite component of International Mobile Telecommunications(IMT)-Advanced. China proposed the RIT of Long Term Evolution(LTE)-satellite as a candidate to be considered as IMT-Advanced satellite technology. The submitted LTE-satellite candidate RIT is specified based on terrestrial LTEAdvanced FDD standards that are developed in 3GPP. Considering satellite requirements, a number of modifications to LTE-Advanced are made to adapt to satellite radio transmission environments. This paper provides a general introduction of the new characteristics of LTEsatellite.