Communication Link Analysis of a Low-Earth Orbit Satellites Considering Interference Sources Moving Along Various Parabola-Curved Paths

Abstract

We analyze the communication link of an LEO satellite considering interference sources moving along various parabola-curved paths. In this situation, the location of the ground station, airborne interference source paths, and the satellite’s trajectory were expressed in the East-North-Up (ENU) coordinate system. The airborne interference source path is designed using a parabola equation with a directrix parallel to the satellite’s trajectory to analyze the interference situation for more diverse interference source paths, rather than using a straight path. To investigate critical interference situations where the J/S ratio is maintained above −20 dB with a small deviation during the communication time, we investigate interference situations by changing the parameters of the interference source path. The genetic algorithm (GA) is used to easily find an airborne interference source path that maintains the J/S ratio above −20 dB with a small deviation. A cost function for the GA is then defined as the average difference between the J/S ratio and the reference value (−10 dB and −20 dB) during the communication time. The optimum parameters of the interference source path are determined at a minimum cost in the GA. These results demonstrate that more significant interference situations for the communication link can be easily found by using parabola-curved paths and the GA. As a result, previous studies investigated the basic tendency of the J/S ratio using straight paths. However, this study provides a database for operating an anti-jamming system based on the obtained optimized path.