ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS & ANALYTICS
Comprehensive RF Performance Data for Any Test Objective
Discover Quadsat’s broad range of antenna measurements, RF testing and analytics capabilities, with tailored solutions to support diverse test objectives and use cases.
QUANTIFY THE FUNDAMENTALS
Antenna Characterization
Quadsat delivers accurate antenna measurements in-situ, that traditionally have been conducted in test chambers. Our solutions for testing and validating antenna performance in real-world environments provide detailed insights into actual radiation characteristics, directional performance, and critical metrics such as EIRP and G/T.
Obtain Accurate, Full 3D Radiation Patterns with UAV and Payload Precision
Our UAV-based solution efficiently captures high-density data points mid-flight, providing detailed and accurate radiation pattern visualizations.
With a stabilized, signal-tracking payload and RTK positioning, sidelobe imbalances, focal issues, and setup inaccuracies can be reliably detected.
The collected data is visualized as 2D and 3D patterns, offering clear heatmaps that reveal the antenna’s performance across its entire radiation field.
Quadsat Radiation Pattern Measurements
and Performance Metrics
Radiation pattern cuts for detailed 2D views of an antenna’s radiated energy, essential for analyzing sidelobes, beamwidth, and alignment. Helps identify setup errors, verify calibration, and support 3D pattern visualization.
Radiation Pattern Cut
Comprehensive 3D visualizations of an antenna's radiation pattern, enabling detailed analysis of sidelobes, beam symmetry, and overall performance. Essential for identifying construction or setup errors, verifying sidelobe levels, and ensuring precise alignment.
Radiation Pattern Raster
Measurements evaluate cross-polar discrimination, an essential factor in determining how well an antenna differentiates between polarization angles. This helps ensure the antenna minimizes unwanted polarization leakage, maintains signal integrity, and preserves polarization purity.
Cross Polar Discrimination
Determines EIRP by measuring the power radiated from an antenna’s main lobe. Enables emitter comparisons and helps to optimize power concentration for effective transmission.
EIRP
Quadsat evaluates antenna gain and noise temperature. Helps to accurately characterize system sensitivity, optimize receive chains, and validate link budgets for satellite communication compliance.
G/T
evaluate dynamic capabilities
Tracking Characterization
Perfect satellite alignment is critical for high-performance communication, reducing latency, minimizing signal loss, and ensuring uninterrupted data flow.
Quadsat’s tracking tests provide detailed analytics to evaluate antenna tracking performance, ensuring beam alignment and link integrity with NGSO and GEO satellites for seamless connectivity and maximum throughput.
Ensure Beam Alignment and Link Integrity With Emulated Satellite Passes
Testing tracking capabilities with live satellites is challenging due to limited access and orbital schedule constraints. Yet, such tests are crucial to ensure consistent performance throughout passes and dynamic scenarios.
Quadsat provides solutions to conduct these crucial tests, by enabling precise emulation of NGSO satellite passes at any time and location.
By replicating realistic conditions such as varying speeds, altitudes, and trajectories, these tests accurately evaluate an antenna’s ability to maintain perfect alignment. The data can then be used to support optimizing tracking algorithms and hence ensure seamless operation across LEO and MEO constellations.
Dynamic Performance
Testing and Analytics
Quadsat makes advanced tracking tests accessible to the ground segment of next-generation space networks, to evaluate dynamic capabilities of LEO, multi-orbit, and multi-beam antennas:
Pointing Accuracy Validation and Optimization
NGSO Satellite Tracking Emulation
GEO Satellite Emulation
Handover Testing
Data Link Verification of Ground Segment
Waveform Validation of Groud Segment
Pointing Accuracy Validation and Optimization
NGSO Satellite Tracking Emulation
GEO Satellite Emulation
Handover Testing
Data Link Verification of Ground Segment
Waveform Validation of Groud Segment
Make your rf data actionable
Quadsat Cloud
Quadsat Cloud delivers powerful analytics on antenna performance with detailed overviews, performance comparisons, and actionable insights. It facilitates efficient data sharing, and simplifies troubleshooting and adjustments, so that workflows can be streamlined, and antenna efficiency and network throughput can be optimized. All while serving as a central hub for guidance and support.
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