Title :
A planning approach to monitor and control for deep space communications
Author :
Fisher, Forest ; Knight, Russell ; Engelhardt, Barbara ; Chien, Steve ; Alejandre, Niko
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
In recent years with the large increase in the number of space missions at NASA and JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), the demand for deep space communications services to command and collect data from these missions has become more difficult to manage. In an attempt to increase the efficiency of operating deep space communications antennas, we are developing a prototype system to perform monitor, control, execution and recovery in order to automate the operations of the Deep Space Network (DSN) communication antenna stations. The authors describe the antenna automation problem, the GASPER planning and scheduling system, how GASPER is used to generate antenna track plans and perform monitor and control during execution, and future work utilizing dynamic planning technology
Keywords :
closed loop systems; mobile antennas; planning (artificial intelligence); scheduling; space communication links; telecommunication control; CLEaR; Deep Space Network; GASPER planning; JPL; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; NASA; antenna track plans; artificial intelligence; communication antenna stations; control; deep space communication; dynamic planning; efficiency; monitor; prototype; recovery; scheduling; space missions; Communication system control; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Laboratories; NASA; Propulsion; Space missions; Space stations; Space technology; Technology planning;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5846-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2000.878238
