Performance of high rate Link-22 operation obtained by using quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)

Author

LeFever, Ron ; Harper, Robert C.

Author_Institution

Gen. Atomics, Wyndmoor, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

979

Abstract

As part of its Improved Link-11 program, NATO is currently developing the Link-22 system for the dissemination of F-series messages over tactical voice band HF links. Link-22 uses a TDMA protocol with a 112.5 ms slot time as currently specified, Link-22 has the capability to transmit from 2 to 6 F-series messages per TDMA slot. We present a method for extending this figure to 16. Quadrature amplitude modulation is used to provide the increased channel bit rates that are required. Simulation and field test results are presented which compare the performance of the current and extended rate systems

Keywords

digital simulation; military communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; radio links; time division multiple access; voice communication; F-series messages; Improved Link-11 program; Link-22 system; NATO; QAM; TDMA protocol; channel bit rates; field test results; high rate Link-22 operation; performance; quadrature amplitude modulation; simulation results; slot time; tactical voice band HF links; Bandwidth; Baseband; Bit rate; Data communication; Modems; Protocols; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Reed-Solomon codes; System testing; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821349

Filename

821349