Orientador: Michel Daoud Yacoub / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T14:27:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Heinrich_RalphRobert_M.pdf: 7113070 bytes, checksum: 2a64f903bc44fb31b9ee53ef545bb24e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Este projeto de pesquisa objetiva responder a algumas questões sistêmicas levantadas por ocasião do início do desenvolvimento do sistema LTE-450, parte integrante do projeto RASFA - Redes de Acesso Sem Fio Avançadas, conduzido pelo CPqD - Fundação Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações, com recursos do FUNTTEL - Fundo para o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico das Telecomunicações. Esse projeto visa, como um de seus objetivos, o desenvolvimento de um sistema de rádio acesso sem fio LTE-450, operando na faixa de 450 a 470 MHz, baseado na tecnologia LTE - Long Term Evolution. A faixa de 450 a 470 MHz está atribuída em base global desde 2007 para o Serviço Móvel, conforme identificado pela União Internacional de Telecomunicações na World Radiocommunication Conference 2007. A Anatel - Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações - publicou a nova destinação de uso para a faixa de 450 a 470 MHz em 20 de dezembro de 2010, através da Resolução n º 558. Várias ações vêm sendo empreendidas em apoio ao uso da faixa 450 a 470 MHz, para a prestação de serviços banda larga sem fio para áreas rurais, como consta do Programa Nacional de Telecomunicações Rurais, publicado pela Portaria 431/2009 do Ministério das Comunicações, e do Plano Nacional de Banda Larga, publicado em 13 de maio de 2010. Entende-se que a faixa de 450 a 470 MHz é ideal para a implantação de serviços de banda larga sem fio em áreas rurais, devido às suas características de propagação. Por outro lado, a base de conhecimento sobre o canal rádio em sistemas de rádio acesso móvel banda larga considera o uso, em áreas urbanas, de faixas de frequências situadas entre 850 MHz e 3500 MHz. São notórias as diferenças entre as características de propagação nessas faixas e nas faixas de UHF, principalmente quando a área de prestação do serviço deixa de ser a urbana e passa a ser a rural. Nesse sentido, alguns requisitos sistêmicos podem ser questionados e mesmo redimensionados. Esses requisitos foram aqui endereçados através de levantamento de dados em campo e posterior análise crítica contra a base de conhecimento disponível. São questões como a amplitude do desvanecimento seletivo e por despolarização, a intensidade do ruído impulsivo, os modelos de propagação aplicáveis à área rural e à faixa de UHF, a variação da perda de percurso com a altura da antena do terminal e a discriminação de polarização da antena do terminal / Abstract: This research project aims to answer some systemic issues raised during the early development of the LTE-450 radio access system, part of a project RASFA - Advanced Wireless Networks Access, led by CPqD Foundation - Center for Research and Development in Telecommunications with resources of FUNTTEL - Technological Development of Telecommunications Fund. This project aims, as one of its objectives, the development of a LTE-450 wireless system, operating in the 450-470 MHz band, based on LTE - Long Term Evolution technology. The 450-470 MHz band is allocated, on a global basis, since 2007 for Mobile Service, as identified by the International Telecommunication Union in the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007. Anatel - The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency has published a new destination for the 450-470 MHz band on December 20, 2010, through Resolution No. 558. Several actions have been undertaken in support of the use of the 450-470 MHz band, to provide wireless broadband services to rural areas, as set out in the National Rural Telecommunications Plan, published by the Decree 431/2009 of the Ministry of Communications and the National Broadband Plan (PNBL), published on May 13, 2010. It is understood that the 450-470 MHz band is ideal for deploying wireless broadband services in rural areas, due to its propagation characteristics. On the other hand, the base of knowledge about the mobile broadband access radio systems channel, considering the use in urban areas, situated between 850 MHz and 3500 MHz bands have notable differences between the propagation characteristics of these bands and the UHF bands, especially when the area of service provision ceases to be the urban and goes to the rural areas. Thus, some systemic requirements can be questioned and even resized. These requirements are addressed here through field data gathering and subsequent critical analysis against the knowledge base available. These issues are such as the extent of selective fading and depolarization, the intensity of the impulse noise, the propagation models applicable to the rural area and the UHF band, the variation of the path loss with the height of the terminal antenna and of terminal antenna polarization discrimination / Mestrado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology:Electrical Engineering in the Faculty ofEngineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Supervisor:Prof MTE KAHN Bellville December 2013 / The work presented in this thesis consists of the simulation of a cooling plant for a future mobile satellite ground station in order to minimize the effects of the thermal noise and to maintain comfort temperatures onboard the same station. Thermal problems encountered in mobile satellite ground stations are a source of poor quality signals and also of the premature destruction of the front end microwave amplifiers. In addition, they cause extreme discomfort to the mission operators aboard the mobile station especially in hot seasons. The main concerns of effective satellite system are the quality of the received signal and the lifespan of the front end low noise amplifier (LNA). Although the quality of the signal is affected by different sources of noise observed at various stages of a telecommunication system, thermal noise resulting from thermal agitation of electrons generated within the LNA is the predominant type. This thermal noise is the one that affects the sensitivity of the LNA and can lead to its destruction. Research indicated that this thermal noise can be minimized by using a suitable cooling system. A moveable truck was proposed as the equipment vehicle for a mobile ground station. In the process of the cooling system development, a detailed quantitative study on the effects of thermal noise on the LNA was conducted. To cool the LNA and the truck, a 2 kW solar electric vapor compression system was found the best for its compliance to the IEA standards: clean, human and environment friendly. The principal difficulty in the development of the cooling system was to design a photovoltaic topology that would ensure the solar panels were always exposed to the sun, regardless the situation of the truck. Simulation result suggested that a 3.3 kW three sided pyramid photovoltaic topology would be the most effective to supply the power to the cooling system. A battery system rated 48 V, 41.6 Ah was suggested to be charged by the PV system and then supply the power to the vapor compression system. The project was a success as the objective of this project has been met and the research questions were answered.