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To improve the deployment stability and drive efficiency, the dimensional synthesis of antenna deployable support structure is addressed. First, to evaluate the deployment stability, the transmission ratio stability index (TRSI) is designed based on Jacobian matrix. Second, the motion/force transmissibility is used to analyse the drive efficiency. A sub-closed-loop analysis method (SAM) is proposed to analyse the local motion/force transmissibility of the parallel mechanism whose sub-closed-loop contains actuator (PMSCA). An improved global transmission index (IGTI) is proposed to analyse the global motion/force transmissibility for the mechanism without good transmission workspace (GTW). Finally, based on TRSI and IGTI, the dimensional parameter optimization model of the deployable support structure is established and a configuration with better comprehensive performance is obtained. Results show that the designed indexes in this paper can be useful for indicating the stability of transmission ratio and the global motion/force transmissibility of the structure.