Investigation of Modulation/Coding Trade-Off for Military Satellite Communications. Volume II: System Modeling and Analysis.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate modulation, demodulation, and coding techniques to achieve maximum data throughput over nonlinear, bandlimited satellite repeaters for fixed data bit error rates. These techniques include single and multiple coherent MPSK signals sent through the satellite repeater, memoryless and maximum likelihood Viterbi demodulators, and a coding analysis based on computational cutoff rates.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 1977
Accession Number
ADA054590

Entities

People

  • J. K. Omura
  • K. T. Woo
  • L. Biederman
  • Tao Huang
  • W. C. Lindsey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Demodulation
  • Demodulators
  • Military Satellites
  • Modulation
  • Repeaters
  • Satellite Communications
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Throughput
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites