Title :
Design and development of a simulator for the Brazilian Data Collecting System based on satellites
Author :
Kienbaum, Germano ; Miranda, Felipe ; Vieira, Hélcio, Jr. ; Barreto, Joaquim ; Cisotto, Marcus ; Almeida, Wanderson
Author_Institution :
Assoc. Lab. for Comput. & Appl. Math., Nat. Space Res. Inst., Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
Abstract :
This work describes an ongoing project, aiming at the development of a complete simulation study of the Brazilian Data Collecting System based on Satellites (SBCD). The SBCD system comprehends a spatial and a ground segment and it was built for automatic acquisition of data of meteorological and hydrological nature for use in environmental and business applications. The main objective of the project is to build a simulator for conducting a thorough analysis of the system, in order to assess its performance, to determine its best configuration and boundary conditions, and to optimize its operational cost and efficiency, in regard to different configurations and operating scenarios.
Keywords :
data acquisition; data communication; digital simulation; satellite communication; telecommunication computing; Brazilian data collecting system; data automatic acquisition; satellites; simulator design; Aerospace simulation; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Cost function; Data communication; Performance analysis; Predictive models; Satellites; Space technology; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2009 Winter
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5770-0
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2009.5429225
