Meteorburst Communication Systems: Analysis and Synthesis.

Abstract

Radio-wave propagation via scattering from ionized meteor trails has been studied and employed as a means of communications for several decades. From the empirical and analytical data acquired, a propagation model to be used for communication link design can be extracted. This document derives and presents such a propagation model. Empirical data were obtained from the observation of meteor trail occurrences and intensities. The propagation model was developed as a function of the pertinent parameters by examining the transmission equation, the empirical data, and the geometric considerations. In this way, the characteristics of the meteor trail communication link were reduced to a manageable number of single and dual independent parameter equations and graphs that are suitable for system design and analysis. Examples were provided for utilizing the design equations in analyzing and synthesizing the meteor-burst communication link. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 28, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063159

Entities

People

  • Anthony E. Spezio

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Rate
  • Data Transmission
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Experimental Data
  • Forward Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Line Of Sight
  • Meteor Burst Communications
  • Radio Waves
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radio communications and signal processing.