Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6599-2
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2001.931348
