An Evaluation of MUOS Support to Legacy UHF Terminals

Author

Blaydoe, Marc ; Mogor, Randy ; Wade, Robyn

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The DoD ultra-high frequency (UHF) follow-on (UFO) satellite constellation, which provides narrowband communications to many tactical users, is nearing the end of its design life and will soon be replaced by the next generation UHF military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system, mobile user objective system (MUOS). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the degree to which the MUOS will be able to support legacy UHF terminals. We first provide an overview of each of the two satellite systems, UFO and MUOS, respectively. Next we describe existing terminal MIL-STDs and describe the key operational and waveform differences that impact the legacy terminals. Finally, we propose an approach for minimizing the impact to legacy users of transitioning to MUOS

Keywords

military communication; military standards; mobile radio; satellite communication; DoD ultrahigh frequency follow-on; MUOS evaluation; UFO satellite constellation; legacy UHF terminal; military satellite communication; mobile user objective system; narrowband communication; next generation MILSATCOM system; terminal MIL-STD; Availability; Computer aided instruction; Frequency; Military satellites; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Narrowband; Satellite constellations; Throughput; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.301983

Filename

4086413