04336nam 22006614a 450 991097050120332120251117115908.00-8330-4389-7(CKB)1000000000002518(EBL)3031508(SSID)ssj0000279057(PQKBManifestationID)11223017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279057(PQKBWorkID)10259561(PQKB)10697838(Au-PeEL)EBL3031508(CaPaEBR)ebr2004631(OCoLC)70766190(MiAaPQ)EBC3031508(BIP)6407478(EXLCZ)99100000000000251820000403d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmploying commercial satellite communications wideband investment options for the Department of Defense /Tim Bonds ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica, CA Rand20001 online resource (154 p.)"Prepared for the United States Air Force.""Project Air Force, Rand."0-8330-2827-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).""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""The effectiveness of commercial wideband satellites are evaluated across several characteristics defined by the USA space command. This study projects a gap between the expected capability and the military demand for communications, with recommendations made for meeting the shortfall.Communications, MilitaryUnited StatesArtificial satellites in telecommunicationUnited StatesBroadband communication systemsUnited StatesCommunications, MilitaryArtificial satellites in telecommunicationBroadband communication systems358/.24/0973Bonds Tim1962-1096853United States.Air Force.Project Air Force (U.S.)Rand Corporation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970501203321Employing commercial satellite communications4470548UNINA