Theory of the Effects of Pulsed RFI on Coded Communication

Abstract

This note considers the effects of pulsed RFI (radio frequency interference) on coded communication systems. This problem is of considerable interest in the context of providing reliable satellite communications to military platforms which might suffer degradations due to pulsed RFI sources such as large radars. A general expression relating the computation cut-off rate of a communication channel with RFI to its cut-off rate in the absence of RFI is derived. Several examples are given to show the usefulness of this relationship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 22, 1977
Accession Number
ADA044070

Entities

People

  • Steven L. Bernstein

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coding
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Techniques
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Decoding
  • Degradation
  • Frequency
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Probability
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Interference
  • Satellite Communications

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space