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in counter-rot<strong>at</strong>ing planes (where the planes form a so-called “seam” in the topology). GEO ISLs can also be definedfor co<strong>ns</strong>tell<strong>at</strong>io<strong>ns</strong> of geost<strong>at</strong>ionary s<strong>at</strong>ellites.• Ground to s<strong>at</strong>ellite (GSL) links Multiple terminals can be connected to a single GSL s<strong>at</strong>ellite channel. GSL links forGEO s<strong>at</strong>ellites are st<strong>at</strong>ic, while GSL links for LEO channels are periodically h<strong>and</strong>ed off as described below.• Elev<strong>at</strong>ion mask <strong>The</strong> elev<strong>at</strong>ion angle above which a GSL link can be oper<strong>at</strong>ional. Currently, if the (LEO) s<strong>at</strong>elliteserving a terminal drops below the elev<strong>at</strong>ion mask, the terminal searches for a new s<strong>at</strong>ellite above the elev<strong>at</strong>ion mask.S<strong>at</strong>ellite terminals check for h<strong>and</strong>off opportunities according to a timeout interval specified by the user. Each terminaliniti<strong>at</strong>es h<strong>and</strong>offs asynchronously; it would be possible also to define a system in which each h<strong>and</strong>off occurssynchronously in the system.<strong>The</strong> following table lists parameters used for example simul<strong>at</strong>ion scripts of the Iridium 1 <strong>and</strong> Teledesic 2 systems.Iridium TeledesicAltitude 780 km 1375 kmPlanes 6 12S<strong>at</strong>ellites per plane 11 24Inclin<strong>at</strong>ion (deg) 86.4 84.7Interplane separ<strong>at</strong>ion (deg) 31.6 15Seam separ<strong>at</strong>ion (deg) 22 15Elev<strong>at</strong>ion mask (deg) 8.2 40Intraplane phasing yes yesInterplane phasing yes noISLs per s<strong>at</strong>ellite 4 8ISL b<strong>and</strong>width 25 Mb/s 155 Mb/sUp/downlink b<strong>and</strong>width 1.5 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/sCross-seam ISLs no yesISL l<strong>at</strong>itude threshold (deg) 60 60Table 17.1: Simul<strong>at</strong>ion parameters used for modeling a broadb<strong>and</strong> version of the Iridium system <strong>and</strong> the proposed 288-s<strong>at</strong>elliteTeledesic system. Both systems are examples of polar orbiting co<strong>ns</strong>tell<strong>at</strong>io<strong>ns</strong>.1 Aside from the link b<strong>and</strong>widths (Iridium is a narrowb<strong>and</strong> system only), these parameters are very close to wh<strong>at</strong> a broadb<strong>and</strong> version of the Iridiumsystem might look like.2 <strong>The</strong>se Teledesic co<strong>ns</strong>tell<strong>at</strong>ion parameters are subject to change; thanks to Marie-Jose Montpetit of Teledesic for providing tent<strong>at</strong>ive parameters as ofJanuary 1999. <strong>The</strong> link b<strong>and</strong>widths are not necessarily accur<strong>at</strong>e.172

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