Trends in VLF/LF modem performance testing

Author

Singer, Paul A.

Author_Institution

US Naval Ocean Syst. Center, San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

15-18 Oct 1989

Firstpage

581

Abstract

The author reviews the historical development of digital VLF/LF modem testing. He discusses the introduction of test equipment in the following four major functional areas: (a) transmit simulation, (b) channel simulation, (c) noise and interference generation, and (d) reception characterization. He demonstrates two major trends: (1) the use of general-purpose hardware and off-line software replacing special-purpose hardware; (2) Gaussian noise, atmospheric laboratory test environments being replaced by tailored simulated electromagnetic interference and atmospheric noise

Keywords

automatic test equipment; digital simulation; electronic equipment testing; modems; performance evaluation; Gaussian noise; LF; VLF; atmospheric laboratory test environments; atmospheric noise; channel simulation; digital modem; electromagnetic interference; general-purpose hardware; interference generation; modem performance testing; noise generation; off-line software; reception characterization; test equipment; transmit simulation; Atmospheric modeling; Electromagnetic interference; Gaussian noise; Hardware; Low-frequency noise; Modems; Noise generators; Test equipment; Testing; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1989. MILCOM '89. Conference Record. Bridging the Gap. Interoperability, Survivability, Security., 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1989.103992

Filename

103992