Project Title: Communication on the Move with Satellite Digital Beamforming
Investigator: Hyuck Kwon
Funding Agency: US Air Force Research Laboratory, Grant Award Number FA9453-17-1-0020
Funded Amount: $105,253.00
Project Duration: May 15, 2017 - May 14, 2018
Abstract for main grant: Existing communications systems have typically been designed
to serve users with the maximum possible signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR)
or the highest data rate that is independent of user demand and the environment. This
may not be necessary in practice, and it may not be smart to waste limited resources
such as bandwidth and power. The objective of this project is to study efficient satellite
digital beamforming (BF) methods by which satellite can provide the user-specific
desirable SINR or data rate to user who is on the move under various levels of jamming
powers in dBW and interference from adjacent satellites. For example, user A may want
a low SINR because his communication link is in a good channel condition and he simply
wants to send a voice signal, whereas user B may need a high because his communication
link is in a bad channel condition and he wants to send a high data rate signal such
as a video signal. Relative to these various channel environments and service demands,
the objective of this project is to study methods for how a satellite supplies a user-dependent
service.
