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ACTS Rain Fade CompensationPerformance status of the Adaptive Rain Fade Compensation includes: (1) The rain fade protocol is functional detecting fades, providing an additional 10 dB of margin and seamless transitions to and from coded operation; (2) The stabilization of the link margins and the optimization of rain fade decision thresholds has resulted in improved BER performance; (3) Characterization of the fade compensation algorithm is ongoing.
Document ID
19980023123
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Coney, Thom A.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1996
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the Twentieth NASA Propagation Experimenters Meeting (NAPEX XX) and the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Propagation Studies Miniworkshop
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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