Instrumenting the Naval Postgraduate School Global Broadcast Service Testbed Facility.

Abstract

The work reported in this thesis used readily available components to implement a data acquisition system for a Global Broadcast Service Testbed data collection facility. Use of hardware with controlling software is necessary to collect signal power content of satellite signals at a given distance from the transmitting source. Precise measurement and calibration of a satellite receive signal is accomplished by use of an Hewlett-Packard 8568B spectrum analyzer. A personal computer is used to collect and store retrieved data. These components are brought together using LabVIEW instrumentation software. This system provides an efficient means to collect signal data which can be used to verify satellite link performance estimates. Calculations are performed using Matlab statistical analysis software. This thesis contains calculated and measured values of total average carrier power and background noise levels for the three satellite receive systems that comprise the Naval Postgraduate School Global Broadcast Service Testbed facility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA337540

Entities

People

  • John A. Watkins

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Bandwidth
  • Communication Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Decoding
  • Frequency Bands
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Personal Computers
  • Power Amplifiers
  • Radio Frequency
  • Satellite Communications
  • Transmission Lines

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites