System issues related to satellite communications in a nuclear environment

Technical Report · Thu May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6389262

Kullstam, P A

Nuclear induced signal scintillation effects are of great importance in design and deployment of military satellite systems that must provide survivable and enduring communications service. The induced scintillation will result in Rayleigh signal fading with limited signal decorrelation time and coherent bandwidth of the transmission channel as well as reduced signal power due to terminal antenna scattering loss. In this environment the coherent bandwidth and signal decorrelation time are most important design parameters for modulation subsystem design. The antenna scattering loss is important for link power budgets and satellite network loading.

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6389262
• Report Number(s): AD-P-006281/0/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: This article is from 'The Effect of the Ionosphere on Radiowave Signals and Systems Performance Based on Ionospheric Effects Symposium Held on 1-3 May 1990', AD-A233 797, p152-159
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
IONOSPHERE
SCINTILLATIONS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS
SATELLITES
DESIGN
ANTENNAS
COHERENT RADIATION
COMMUNICATIONS
DISTURBANCES
ENVIRONMENT
SCATTERING
SIGNALS
TIME DELAY
WAVE PROPAGATION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIONS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
RADIATIONS
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Ionospheric
& Magnetospheric Phenomena- (1992-)