Feasibility of Meteor Burst Buoy Relay as a Command and Control Asset

Abstract

Meteor burst communication is currently being researched as a survivable, backup means to long-range communications due to a perceived vulnerability to HF and satellite communications. A specific hypothetical link that is analyzed in this thesis is that of a meteor burst relay buoy network. The network consists of fixed land facilities, permanently moored ocean buoys, and air-deployable buoys, all in support of deployed submarines. The advantage of such a system for the submarine fleet is that it would allow the ability of establishing communications while maintaining a covert posture on-station. This is due to the meteor burst phenomenon of scattering, where a meteor trail projects a small ground illumination footprint, as compared to HF communications. As a result, a meteor burst channel has inherent characteristics that are resistant to ground-based interception and jamming.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA248364

Entities

People

  • Dana A. Williams

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Communications
  • Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Meteor Burst Communications
  • Network Science
  • Satellite Communications
  • United States
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites