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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826754203321

Titolo

Employing commercial satellite communications : wideband investment options for the Department of Defense / / Tim Bonds ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2000

ISBN

0-8330-4389-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BondsTim <1962->

Disciplina

358/.24/0973

Soggetti

Communications, Military - United States

Artificial satellites in telecommunication - United States

Broadband communication systems - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the United States Air Force."

"Project Air Force, Rand."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""PROJECT AIR FORCE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""DEMAND AND SUPPLY""; ""ABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS TO MEET OTHER MILITARY CRITERIA""; ""CHOOSING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DoD DEMAND FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES""; ""MEETING MILITARY CRITERIA WITH COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS""; ""DoD DEMAND VARIANCE AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""DoD COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND PROJECTIONS""; ""CONTEXT""; ""DoD PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE MILITARY DEMAND""

""MEETING MILITARY DEMAND WITH COMMERCIAL SATELLITES: CONTACT AND EVALUATION""""CONTEXT: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Terrestrial Systems and Networks""; ""Satellite Systems and Applications""; ""SATELLITE ALTERNATIVES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA""; ""CAN COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS MEET MILITARY CRITERIA? CAPACITY AND COVERAGE""; ""CRITERIA""; ""CAPACITY""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF CAPACITY""; ""COVERAGE""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF COVERAGE""; ""MILITARY THEATER USE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLEXIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, AND ACCESS AND CONTROL""

""EVALUATION SYNTHESIS""""PRICES OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY



CAPACITY""; ""COMMERCIAL MARKET PROVIDERS AND PRODUCTS""; ""COMMERCIAL MARKET PRICES""; ""VARIANCE IN MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND""; ""DEMAND PROJECTIONS AND NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY""; ""ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENCIES ON DEMAND""; ""INVESTMENT STRATEGY ALTERNATIVES""; ""DETERMINING AN ECONOMICAL BALANCE BETWEEN BUYING AND SHORT- TERM LEASING""; ""DYNAMIC INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""APPROACH""; ""Baseline Results""; ""Effect of Order-Receipt Lag""; ""Effect of Discount Rate and Price Drift""

""Effect of Demand Variations""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""STANDARD FREQUENCY DESIGNATIONS""; ""CURRENT DoD COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES""; ""GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING UNDER UNCERTAINTY""; ""A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL MODEL""; ""GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLUTION""; ""KEY ASSUMPTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""