• DocumentCode
    2906474
  • Title

    System Issues Related to Satellite Communications in a Nuclear Environment

  • Author

    Kullstam, Per A.

  • Author_Institution
    PAIRCOM, Inc., 8508 Shadeway Place, Springfield, Va. 22153.
  • Volume
    Suppl
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    19-22 Oct. 1987
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    Nuclear induced signal scintillation effects are of great importance in design and deployment of military satellite systems that must provide survivable and enduring communications service. The induced scintillation will result in Rayleigh signal fading with limited signal decorrelation time and coherent bandwidth of the transmission channel as well as reduced signal power due to terminal antenna scattering loss. This paper addresses the system design and operational constraints caused by high altitude nuclear effects to satellite communications link performance.
  • Keywords
    Earth; Forward contracts; Ionization; Ionosphere; Particle scattering; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Signal design; Signal processing; X-ray scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Military Communications Conference - Crisis Communications: The Promise and Reality, 1987. MILCOM 1987. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MILCOM.1987.4795216
  • Filename
    4795216