Mars UHF relay telecom: Engineering tools and analysis

Author

Arnold, Bradford W. ; Bell, David J. ; Danos, Monika J. ; Ilott, Peter A. ; Mendoza, Ricardo ; Shihabi, Mazen

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

3-10 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

Abstract

A compact set of tools have evolved for engineering analysis of Mars UHF relay telecommunications performance at NASA´s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The tools model all telecom variables from the RF layer up through the protocol link layer. The tools can solve for point solutions, analyze dynamic performance based on link geometry and can generate a variety of multi-day performance statistics. The telecom parameters and models in the tool set have been derived from or vetted against laboratory and Mars in-situ telecom performance measurements. The tool set and underlying models feed forward into mission specific flight operations software tools, proving to be invaluable for UHF telecom systems engineering analysis at all phases of mission life cycles.

Keywords

Mars; aerospace instrumentation; space communication links; Mars UHF relay telecommunications performance; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; RF layer; UHF telecom systems engineering analysis; dynamic performance; engineering tools; link geometry; mission life cycles; mission specific flight operations software tools; multiday performance statistics; point solutions; protocol link layer; telecom models; telecom parameters; tool set; Analytical models; Discrete cosine transforms; Mars; Receivers; Relays; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0556-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2012.6187122

Filename

6187122