Title :
Adaptive HF radio performance evaluation using automated instrumentation
Author :
Wortendyke, David R. ; Riddle, Chris C.
Author_Institution :
US Dept. of Commerce, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The Federal Standard 1045 and companion Military Standard 188-141A, defining a new automatic link establishment (ALE) technique for communications with HF radios, prompted the US Government to provide a testing service to determine performance and interoperability of different implementations of radios and controllers. The authors describe the automation of instrumentation and a Watterson model simulator utilized in the measurement of adaptive HF radio performance parameters. Attention is given to performance testing objectives, testing techniques, and data processing and analysis. The software system developed and refined in the months following the initial testing in 1990 has provided the government with an excellent portable tool for rapid measurement of the ALE controller/radio performance and interoperability assessment
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; digital simulation; electronic equipment testing; military systems; radio links; standards; telecommunications computing; ALE controller/radio; Federal Standard 1045; Military Standard 188-141A; US Government; Watterson model simulator; adaptive HF radio; automated instrumentation; automatic link establishment; data analysis; data processing; interoperability assessment; performance evaluation; performance measurement; performance testing; software system; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Automation; Communication standards; Communication system control; Hafnium; Instruments; Military standards; Radio control; US Government;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1991. MILCOM '91, Conference Record, Military Communications in a Changing World., IEEE
Conference_Location :
McLean, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-691-8
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1991.258447
