A Statistical Analysis of Polar Meteor Scatter Propagation in the 45-104 MHz Band

• Main Authors: Sowa, M. J., Quinn, J. M., Rasmussen, J. E., Kossey, P. A.
• Other Authors: ROME AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER GRIFFISS AFB NY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Radiofrequency Wave Propagation; Radio Communications; *PULSE COMMUNICATIONS; *IONIZATION TRAILS; *ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTIONS; METEORS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY; PACKETS; THROUGHPUT; ARCTIC REGIONS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; DATA RATE; ERRORS; SYMPOSIA; Component reports; NATO Furnished; Meteor scatter communications; Over the horizon communications; Duty cycle; Message packets; Arctic; Greenland
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP006146; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP006146

Data being acquired over a 1200 km path in northern Greenland, to characterize the polar meteor scatter channel, are described. The data include both propagation and projected communication statistics. The propagation statistics include arrival rates and duty cycle as a function of frequency and received signal level. The communication statistics include estimates of the performance of a number of candidate system in terms of throughput and message delivery time, as a function of frequency, time-of-day, season, data rate and modulation, for a specified bit-error-rate, message length and packet size. (Author) This article is from 'Conference Proceedings of Scattering and Propagation in Random Media Held in Rome, Italy on 18-22 May 1987,' AD-A194 694, p44-1 thru 44-9.