The Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) was developed for the research of high-data-rate satellite communication technologies using Ka-band. WINDS was launched on February 23, 2008 and completed its operation on February 27, 2019. The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) planned and conducted various experiments, such as satellite communication experiments for disaster countermeasures, an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing transmission experiment, and mobile satellite communication experiments, using a small vehicle earth station, an airborne earth station, and a seaborne earth station.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 WINDS
• 1.3 WINDS experiments
• 1.4 NICT fundamental experiments in the regular operational phase
• 1.5 NICT fundamental experiments in postoperational phase
• 1.5.1 Function verification experiment of fully automatic transportable earth station
• 1.5.2 Function verification experiment of small-sized vehicle transportable earth station
• 1.5.3 Function verification experiment of small earth station for vessel
• 1.5.4 Satellite communication experiments for disaster countermeasures
• 1.5.5 Basic experiments for future satellite technology
• 1.5.5.1 Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing transmission experiment
• 1.5.5.2 Experiment involving reallocation of satellite communication link
• 1.5.5.3 Airborne communication experiment
• 1.5.5.4 Seaborne communication experiment
• 1.6 Conclusion
• References

Inspec keywords: mobile satellite communication; internetworking; disasters; OFDM modulation; satellite ground stations

Other keywords: airborne earth station; Ka-band; WINDS experiments; high-data-rate satellite communication technologies; seaborne earth station; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing transmission experiment; National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; mobile satellite communication experiments; small vehicle earth station; NICT; Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite

Subjects: Modulation and coding methods; Satellite communication systems; Computer networks and techniques; Mobile radio systems; Computer communications