Demand Assignment Techniques Study (DATS) for Military Satellite Communication Applications. Volume 1. Executive Summary.

摘要

This final report presents the results of the Demand-Assignment Techniques Study (DATS). The objective of this one-year study is to evaluate demand assignment (DA) techniques for military satellite communications. Demand-assignment provides an effective way to meet growing DOD requirements for satellite communications by enabling many users to share satellite and earth terminal resources. The study is divided into the following four major tasks: Establishment of Selection Criteria; Trade-off Investigation of Candidate DA Techniques; Detailed Investigation of Preferred DA Techniques; and Evaluation of Earth Terminal Reliability and Cost. Results of all study task as well as overall conclusions and recommendations are presented.