An experiment with NASA's ATS-6 satellite, that demonstrates the practicality of satellite-aided land mobile communications is described. Satellite communications equipment for the experiment was designed so that it would be no more expensive, when mass produced, than conventional two-way mobile radio equipment. It embodied the operational features and convenience of present day mobile radios. Vehicle antennas 75 cm tall and 2 cm in diameter provided good commercial quality signals to and from trucks and jeeps. Operational applicability and usage data were gathered by installing the radio equipment in five long-haul tractor-trailer trucks and two Air Force search and rescue jeeps. Channel occupancy rates are reported. Air Force personnel found the satellite radio system extremely valuable in their search and rescue mission during maneuvers and actual rescue operations. Propagation data is subjectively analyzed and over 4 hours of random data is categorized and graded as to signal quality on a second by second basis. Trends in different topographic regions are reported. An overall communications reliability of 93% was observed despite low satellite elevation angles ranging from 9 to 24 degrees.


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    Titel :

    Satellite-Aided Mobile Communications Limited Operational Test in the Trucking Industry


    Beteiligte:
    R. E. Anderson (Autor:in) / R. L. Frey (Autor:in) / J. R. Lewis (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1980


    Format / Umfang :

    145 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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