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

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Disciplina: 358/.24/0973
• Soggetto topico: Communications, Military - United States; Artificial satellites in telecommunication - United States; Broadband communication systems - United States
• Altri autori: BondsTim <1962->
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Employing commercial satellite communications
• ISBN: 0-8330-4389-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777350103321
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