Impact of Random Pointing and Tracking Errors on the Design of Coherent and Incoherent Optical Intersatellite Communication Links

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 252-260

  Chen, Chien Chung ^a   Gardner, Chester S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION--FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; PROBABILITY; PULSE TIME MODULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, SATELLITE;

ANTENNA SIZE CONSTRAINTS; COHERENT/INCOHERENT OPTICAL LINKS; HETERODYNE DETECTION; OPTICAL INTERSATELLITE COMMUNICATION LINKS;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, OPTICAL;

EID: 0024627150     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.20099     Document Type: Article

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