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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143679603321

Titolo

Deep space optical communications [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Hamid Hemmati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006

ISBN

1-280-44999-3

9786610449996

0-470-04241-9

0-470-04240-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (735 p.)

Collana

Deep-space communications and navigation series

Altri autori (Persone)

HemmatiHamid <1954->

Disciplina

629.47/43

629.4743

Soggetti

Astronautics - Optical communication systems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Deep Space Optical Communications; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1 : Introduction; 1.1 Motivation for Increased Communications; 1.2 History of JPL Optical Communications Activities; 1.3 Component/Subsystem Technologies; 1.3.1 Laser Transmitters; 1.3.2 Spacecraft Telescopes; 1.3.3 Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing; 1.3.4 Detectors; 1.3.5 Filters; 1.3.6 Error Correction Coding; 1.4 Flight Terminal Developments; 1.4.1 Optical Transceiver Package (OPTRANSPAC); 1.4.2 Optical Communications Demonstrator (OCD)

1.4.3 Lasercom Test and Evaluation Station (LTES)1.4.4 X2000 Flight Terminal; 1.4.5 International Space Station Flight Terminal; 1.5 Reception System and Network Studies; 1.5.1 Ground Telescope Cost Model; 1.5.2 Deep Space Optical Reception Antenna (DSORA); 1.5.3 Deep Space Relay Satellite System (DSRSS) Studies; 1.5.4 Ground-Based Antenna Technology Study (GBATS); 1.5.5 Advanced Communications Benefits Study (ACBS); 1.5.6 Earth Orbit Optical Reception Terminal (EOORT) Study; 1.5.7 EOORT Hybrid Study; 1.5.8 Spherical Primary Ground Telescope



1.5.9 Space-Based versus Ground-Based Reception Trades1.6 Atmospheric Transmission; 1.7 Background Studies; 1.8 Analysis Tools; 1.9 System-Level Studies; 1.9.1 Venus Radar Mapping (VRM) Mission Study; 1.9.2 Synthetic Aperture Radar-C (SIR-C) Freeflyer; 1.9.3 ER-2 to Ground Study; 1.9.4 Thousand Astronomical Unit (TAU) Mission and Interstellar Mission Studies; 1.10 System-Level Demonstrations; 1.10.1 Galileo Optical Experiment (GOPEX); 1.10.2 Compensated Earth-Moon-Earth Retro-Reflector Laser Link (CEMERLL); 1.10.3 Ground/Orbiter Lasercomm Demonstration (GOLD)

1.10.4 Ground-Ground Demonstrations1.11 Other Telecommunication Functions; 1.11.1 Opto-Metric Navigation; 1.11.2 Light Science; 1.12 The Future; 1.12.1 Optical Communications Telescope Facility (OCTL); 1.12.2 Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV)-Ground Demonstration; 1.12.3 Adaptive Optics; 1.12.4 Optical Receiver and Dynamic Detector Array; 1.12.5 Alternate Ground-Reception Systems; 1.13 Mars Laser Communication Demonstration; 1.14 Summary of Following Chapters; References; Chapter 2: Link and System Design; 2.1 Overview of Deep-Space Lasercom Link; 2.2 Communications Link Design

2.2.1 Link Equation and Receive Signal Power2.2.2 Optical-Receiver Sensitivity; 2.2.2.1 Photon Detection Sensitivity; 2.2.2.2 Modulation Format; 2.2.2.3 Background Noise Control; 2.2.3 Link Design Trades; 2.2.3.1 Operating Wavelength; 2.2.3.2 Transmit Power and Size of Transmit and Receive Apertures; 2.2.3.3 Receiver Optical Bandwidth and Field of View versus Signal Throughput; 2.2.3.4 Modulation and Coding; 2.2.4 Communications Link Budget; 2.2.5 Link Availability Considerations; 2.2.5.1 Short-Term Data Outages; 2.2.5.2 Weather-Induced Outages; 2.2.5.3 Other Long-Term Outages

2.2.5.4 Critical-Mission-Phase Coverage

Sommario/riassunto

A quarter century of research into deep space and near Earth optical communicationsThis book captures a quarter century of research and development in deep space optical communications from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Additionally, it presents findings from other optical communications research groups from around the world for a full perspective. Readers are brought up to date with the latest developments in optical communications technology, as well as the state of the art in component and subsystem technologies, fundamental limitations, and approaches to develop and fully ex



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163186203321

Autore

Neumann U.S. Army Jonathan T

Titolo

The Military Decision Making Process and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

TBD : , : Normanby Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781782897620

1782897623

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (64 p.)

Disciplina

973.89

Soggetti

Military planning - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Title page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY --   Project Objective -- THE CAMPAIGN OF 1876 -- CUSTER’S TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE --   The Military Academy --   Civil War On the Job Training --   Development as a Expeditionary Warrior -- THE MILITARY DECISION MAKING PROCESS -- AFTERMATH -- APPENDIX A: THE 1868 TREATY OF LARAMIE -- APPENDIX B: WEST POINT CURRICULUM -- APPENDIX C: OTHER CAMPAIGNS AND/OR BATTLES AVAILABLE FOR CUSTER TO STUDY -- APPENDIX D: BATTLEFIELD AFFECTS ANALYSIS -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Based on his background, education, training, and the information available at the time of his attack, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made good decisions as he lead the 7th Cavalry in its defeat at the Little Bighorn.Custer received the standard pre-commissioning education that West Point used to mold all future Army leaders. That education served him well in the Civil War where he enjoyed tactical success and a meteoric rise to fame and high rank. Following that conventional conflict, Custer entered into world of irregular warfare and voluntary forces. His defeat at the Little Bighorn ended 10 years of development as an unconventional warrior. Despite the common perception that his decisions invited disaster, by using the current Military Decision Making Process, and the intelligence available to him professionals of today can recreate the command decisions he



made that day in June 1876 and possibly conclude that they were not to blame for the defeat.Custer's military decisions are very similar to those a current leader would make using current military decision making doctrine.