Using signal processing to improve throughput on meteor burst communications channels

Modern meteor burst communications systems do not make maximum use of all available trails. Moreover, throughput drops when the interarrival time is minimum due to overlapping trails. By combining high resolution direction finding techniques with classical beamforming techniques, it is possible to prevent loss of throughput during overlapping trail periods and raise the average bit rate, resulting in a net gain in throughput. The general problems that must be solved to implement this approach are discussed, and a few of the specific combinations under investigation are examined