Beam Tracking for UAV Mounted SatCom on-the-Move With Massive Antenna Array

• Published in: IEEE journal on selected areas in communications Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 363 - 375
• Main Authors: Zhao, Jianwei, Gao, Feifei, Wu, Qihui, Jin, Shi, Wu, Yi, Jia, Weimin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Antenna arrays; beam tracking; electrical adjustment; hybrid; massive antenna array; mechanical adjustment; Mechanical sensors; SatCom on-the-move; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite navigation systems; Satellites; UAV

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-satellite communication has drawn dramatic attention for its potential to build the integrated space-air-ground network and the seamless wide-area coverage. A key challenge to UAV-satellite communication is its unstable beam pointing due to the UAV navigation, which is...