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Control system for a QPSK burst modem used for ACTS satellite testing
- Date Issued:
- 1995
- Summary:
- A test system was designed to determine the performance a QPSK satellite burst modem when using the Ka band link of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite. Interface circuitry, largely based on the 22V10 programmable logic device, was designed to allow the modem to be controlled by a personal computer. Communication between the interface and the computer was accomplished through the computer's parallel port. TDMA frame timing was automatically controlled by the interface. A C language program provided operator control of the interface itself. Tests using this system showed that a severe night-time fading problem is experienced at the FAU receiver site. Very low error rates were recorded by this system in a loop-back transmission at the NASA satellite control terminal.
Title: | Control system for a QPSK burst modem used for ACTS satellite testing. |
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Name(s): |
Knight, Terence Robert. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Helmken, Henry, Thesis advisor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1995 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 165 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | A test system was designed to determine the performance a QPSK satellite burst modem when using the Ka band link of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite. Interface circuitry, largely based on the 22V10 programmable logic device, was designed to allow the modem to be controlled by a personal computer. Communication between the interface and the computer was accomplished through the computer's parallel port. TDMA frame timing was automatically controlled by the interface. A C language program provided operator control of the interface itself. Tests using this system showed that a severe night-time fading problem is experienced at the FAU receiver site. Very low error rates were recorded by this system in a loop-back transmission at the NASA satellite control terminal. | |
Identifier: | 15139 (digitool), FADT15139 (IID), fau:11913 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): |
College of Engineering and Computer Science Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995. |
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Subject(s): |
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Artificial satellites in telecommunication Digital communications |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15139 | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |