An architecture for an autonomous ground station controller

Author

Fisher, Forest ; James, Mark L. ; Paal, Leslie ; Engelhardt, Barbara

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

The Deep Space Station Controller (DSSC) is a state of the art ground station control architecture being developed at the JPL. The DSSC has been designed for robust closed loop control of ground communication stations utilized for communications with and commanding of NASA´s deep space exploration missions

Keywords

closed loop systems; exception handling; expert systems; inference mechanisms; robust control; space communication links; space telemetry; telecommunication computing; telecommunication control; Deep Space Network; Deep Space Station Controller; NASA deep space exploration missions; autonomous ground station controller; beacon-based exception analysis for multimissions; common automation engine; ground station control architecture; intelligent reasoning; modular architecture; robust closed loop control; software control architecture; spacecraft health inference engine; Communication system control; Decision support systems; Laboratories; Propulsion; Radar tracking; Robust control; Satellite ground stations; Space exploration; Space stations; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6599-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2001.931348

Filename

931348