Deep space optical communications link availability and data volume

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5338, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-183

  Biswas, A ^a   Wilson, K E ^a   Piazzolla, S ^a   Wu, J ^a   Farr, W H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD BLOCKAGE; DATA VOLUMES; DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; SPACECRAFTS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 3543114999     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.537823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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