The ARPA high-ERP meteor burst link experiment

Author

Desourdis, Robert I., Jr. ; McDonough, Anne K. ; Merrill, Steven C. ; Bauman, Ronald M. ; Spector, Donald ; Bonser, Wayne ; Warren, Daniel E. ; Neumann, David A. ; Lucas, Jeffrey A.

Author_Institution

Science Applications Int. Corp., Marlborough, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-14 Oct 1993

Firstpage

407

Abstract

The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) has embarked on a comprehensive effort to advance the state-of-the-art in meteor burst (MB) communications. The principal ARPA MB link performance objective is the demonstration of daily-average MB link throughputs in excess of 1 kbps for unconstrained point-to-point communications, versus 100 bps for conventional installations. This order-of-magnitude increased throughput permits the use of advanced digitized voice processors developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory. In addition, ARPA seeks to enhance link performance between an unconstrained base station and a disadvantaged terminal. The core technologies integrated in this effort include adaptive antenna arrays, advanced MB modems, and digitized voice processors. The authors describe the ongoing high-ERP meteor burst link experiment (HEMBLE), present link performance predictions, and suggest several applications for advanced MB communications

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; meteor burst communication; military communication; modems; radio links; ARPA; Advanced Research Projects Agency; adaptive antenna arrays; digitized voice processors; disadvantaged terminal; link performance; meteor burst link experiment; modems; throughputs; unconstrained base station; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Laboratories; Modems; Receiving antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Telemetry; Throughput; Transmitting antennas; VHF circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1993. MILCOM '93. Conference record. Communications on the Move., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0953-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1993.408636

Filename

408636