Frame and Burst Acquisition in TDMA Satellite Communication Networks with Transponder Hopping

The paper presents frame and burst acquisition in a satellite communication network based on time division multiple access (TDMA) in which the transmissions may be carried on different transponders. A unique word pattern is used for the acquisition process. The search for the frame is aided by soft-decision of QPSK modulated signals in an additive white Gaussian channel. Results show that when the false alarm rate is low the probability of detection is also low, and the acquisition time is long. Conversely when the false alarm rate is high, the probability of detection is also high and the acquisition time is short. Thus the system operators can trade high false alarm rates for high detection probabilities and shorter acquisition times.

• Vitalice K. Oduol
• C. Ardil

• burst acquisition
• burst time plan
• frame acquisition
• satellite access
• satellite TDMA
• unique word detection

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