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A survey of deep space communications

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Deep space communications has played an important role in deep space exploration. Compared with common satellite and terrestrial communications, deep space communications faces more challenging environment. The paper investigated the unique features of deep space communications in detail, discussed the key technologies and its development trends for deep space communications.

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  1. Institute of Communication Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210007, China

    Gengxin Zhang, Zhidong Xie, Dongming Bian & Qian Sun

  2. Satellite Communication Laboratory, Biaoying 2#, Yudao Street, Nanjing, 210007, China

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60972061, 60972062, and 61032004), and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (“863” Program) (No. 2008AA12A204).

Communication author: Xie Zhidong, born in 1984, male, Doctor degree.

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Zhang, G., Xie, Z., Bian, D. et al. A survey of deep space communications. J. Electron.(China) 28, 145–153 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-011-0623-8

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