High data rate meteor-burst communications

Author

Schilling, Donald L. ; Lomp, Gary R. ; Lundberg, Lark A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Coll. of New York, NY, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

21-23 Mar 1990

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

245

Abstract

Results of an experimental study of the meteor-burst channel which illustrates its time-varying bursty nature are presented. In addition, the authors describe an innovative approach to data transmission over meteor-burst systems, that is, the use of the feedback-adaptive variable-rate (FAVR) system, which allows the maximum amount of information to be transmitted over each meteor-burst channel. For underdense meteor channels the FAVR performance is compared with that of optimum system, i.e. a system capable of changing its bit rate instantaneously to channel conditions so as to maintain a constant SNR in each bit, and with that of a constant optimum-rate/burst system. It is shown that FAVR can result in a throughput increase of 17 times over that of the optimal fixed-rate system

Keywords

meteor burst communications; telecommunication channels; SNR; bit rate; bursty; data transmission; feedback-adaptive variable-rate; meteor-burst channel; optimal fixed-rate system; time-varying; underdense meteor channels; Bit rate; Cities and towns; Communication channels; Data communication; Degradation; Educational institutions; Feedback; Frequency; Telecommunications; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1990. Conference Proceedings., Ninth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2030-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1990.101627

Filename

101627