Air Traffic Control Experimentation and Evaluation with the NASA ATS-6 Satellite: Volume 3. Summary of U.S. Aeronautical Technology Test Program

Schroeder, E. H.; Sutton, R. W.; Thompson, A. D.; Wilson, S. G.; Kuo, C. J.; Boeing Commercial Airplane Company

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Air Traffic Control Experimentation and Evaluation with the NASA ATS-6 Satellite: Volume 3. Summary of U.S. Aeronautical Technology Test Program

1976-09-01
By Schroeder, E. H. ; Sutton, R. W. ; Thompson, A. D. ; ...

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Schroeder, E. H. ; Sutton, R. W. ; Thompson, A. D. ; Wilson, S. G. ; Kuo, C. J.

Schroeder, E. H. ; Sutton, R. W. ; Thompson, A. D. ; Wilson, S. G. ; Kuo, C. J. Less -
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Company
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United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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AEROSAT Bit-error Rates Delay Doppler Scatter Function Doppler Effect L-band L Band Modem Evaluation Modems Multipath Multipath Transmission Phased Arrays Ranging Antennas Satellite Communication Voice Intelligibility
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DOT-TSC-FAA-76-22-3 ; FAA-RD-75-173-3

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Tech Report
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United States
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Final report; Sep 1976
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United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) program for air traffic control (ATC) experimentation and evaluation with the ATS-6 satellite was part of the Integrated ATS-6 L-Band Experiment. This overall experiment was coordinated by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and was international in scope, involving several participants. All tests were performed between September 1974 and April 1975. The U.S. DOT aeronautical program consisted of both ATC communications demonstration and technology tests. Tests were in support of the aeronautical satellite (AEROSAT) program to collect satellite-aircraft signal propagation data, evaluate L-band avionics hardware designs, and perform preliminary satellite voice and data communications demonstration tests. All tests were conducted between the FAA KC-135 aircraft and the NASA-Rosman ground station via the geostationary ATS-6 satellite. This report presents data on the U.S. aeronautical technology tests. The technology tests were composed of multipath channel characterization tests; modem tests of voice, data and ranging; and aircraft antenna tests. Multipath results include delay-Doppler scatter function characteristics and calculations of spectra, spreads, and autocorrelations for both over-ocean and CONUS multipath. Comparisons of sample results with model prediction are given. Voice modem intelligibility scores, digital data bit-error rates and ranging modem performance are presented parametrically as functions of C/No and S/I. Experimentally derived gain and multipath rejection performance data are given for the slot-dipole, phased-array and patch antennas for various aircraft/satellite geometries.
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