Null-Shaping for Interference Mitigation in LEO Satellites Under Location Uncertainty

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Autori principali: Caceres, Fernando Moya, Al-Hourani, Akram, Atapattu, Saman, Sithamparanathan, Kandeepan
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Caceres, Fernando Moya
Al-Hourani, Akram
Atapattu, Saman
Sithamparanathan, Kandeepan
author_facet Caceres, Fernando Moya
Al-Hourani, Akram
Atapattu, Saman
Sithamparanathan, Kandeepan
contents Radio frequency interference (RFI) poses a growing challenge to satellite communications, particularly in uplink channels of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems, due to increasing spectrum congestion and uncertainty in the location of terrestrial interferers. This paper addresses the impact of RFI source position uncertainty on beamforming-based interference mitigation. First, we analytically characterize how geographic uncertainty in RFI location translates into angular deviation as observed from the satellite. Building on this, we propose a robust null-shaping framework to increase resilience in the communication links by incorporating the probability density function (PDF) of the RFI location uncertainty into the beamforming design via stochastic optimization. This allows adaptive shaping of the antenna array's nulling pattern to enhance interference suppression under uncertainty. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations, incorporating realistic satellite orbital dynamics and various RFI scenarios, demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves significantly improved mitigation performance compared to conventional deterministic designs.
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spellingShingle Null-Shaping for Interference Mitigation in LEO Satellites Under Location Uncertainty
Caceres, Fernando Moya
Al-Hourani, Akram
Atapattu, Saman
Sithamparanathan, Kandeepan
Signal Processing
Radio frequency interference (RFI) poses a growing challenge to satellite communications, particularly in uplink channels of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems, due to increasing spectrum congestion and uncertainty in the location of terrestrial interferers. This paper addresses the impact of RFI source position uncertainty on beamforming-based interference mitigation. First, we analytically characterize how geographic uncertainty in RFI location translates into angular deviation as observed from the satellite. Building on this, we propose a robust null-shaping framework to increase resilience in the communication links by incorporating the probability density function (PDF) of the RFI location uncertainty into the beamforming design via stochastic optimization. This allows adaptive shaping of the antenna array's nulling pattern to enhance interference suppression under uncertainty. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations, incorporating realistic satellite orbital dynamics and various RFI scenarios, demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves significantly improved mitigation performance compared to conventional deterministic designs.
title Null-Shaping for Interference Mitigation in LEO Satellites Under Location Uncertainty
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00816