Formulation of Modulation Recommendations for Future NASA Space Communications

Author

Wesdock, John ; Patel, Chitra ; Stocklin, Frank ; Deutsch, Leslie ; Noreen, Gary ; Hamkins, Jon ; Lee, Dennis

Author_Institution

Adv. Eng. & Sci. Div., ITT Corp., Herndon, VA

fYear

2008

fDate

1-8 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

25

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently conducted a comprehensive study to identify the most appropriate and efficient modulation, coding, multiple access and link protocol techniques for future space communication links supporting space exploration and science missions. The study was chartered by NASA´s space communication and navigation (SCaN) office and is referred to as the coding, modulation, and link protocol (CMLP) study. This paper describes the CMLP modulation evaluation and states the relevant conclusions and recommendations.

Keywords

modulation coding; multi-access systems; navigation; protocols; space communication links; NASA space communications; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; coding modulation link protocol; link protocol techniques; modulation evaluation; modulation recommendations; multiple access techniques; space communication and navigation; Access protocols; Electronic mail; Modulation coding; NASA; OFDM modulation; Performance evaluation; Phase modulation; Quadrature phase shift keying; Space missions; Tin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1487-1

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2008.4526319

Filename

4526319