A method of optimizing the reporting mode of constrained remote telemetry systems
Abstract
Generalized expressions for modeling a telemetry system are formulated, and the critical parameters in the representations are asserted and defined. Expressions are developed for determining communications performance, reporting performance, and reporting efficiency as a function of the mode of reporting the data. Markov representations of the interrogated and dual reporting process provide a convenient means for determining the expected number of interrogations required to successfully accomplish a data report. The transmission format incorporated in the theoretical model permits maximum flexibility in adapting it to a variety of systems. As a result of the generalized format, the relative effects of different encoding schemes upon the communications performance can be analyzed. The optimization method's utility and adaptability for practical applications is demonstrated for an ocean buoy system that telemeters environmental data via the synchronous GOES satellite.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- December 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975PhDT........62L
- Keywords:
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- Data Transmission;
- Remote Consoles;
- Telemetry;
- Environmental Monitoring;
- Mathematical Models;
- Optimization;
- Performance Prediction;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking