This paper describes the application of Artificial Intelligence planning techniques to the problem of antenna track plan generation for a NASA Deep Space Communications Station. The described system enables an antenna communications station to automatically respond to a set of tracking goals by correctly configuring the appropriate hardware and software to provide the requested communication services. To perform this task, the Automated Scheduling and Planning Environment (ASPEN) has been applied to automatically produce antenna tracking plans that are tailored to support a set of input goals. In this paper, we describe the antenna automation problem, the ASPEN planning and scheduling system, how ASPEN is used to generate antenna track plans, the results of several technology demonstrations, and future work utilizing dynamic planning technology.


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    Title :

    Automated generation of antenna tracking plans for a deep space communications station


    Contributors:
    Estlin, T. (author) / Fisher, F. (author) / Mutz, D. (author) / Chien, S. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999-01-01


    Size :

    788609 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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