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Employing commercial satellite communications : wideband investment options for the Department of Defense / Tim Bonds ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communications, Military--United States.
- Communications, Military.
- Artificial satellites in telecommunication--United States.
- Artificial satellites in telecommunication.
- Broadband communication systems--United States.
- Broadband communication systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The effectiveness of commercial wideband satellites are evaluated across several characteristics defined by the USA space command. This study projects a gap between the expected capability and the military demand for communications, with recommendations made for meeting the shortfall.
- Contents:
- ""PREFACE""; ""PROJECT AIR FORCE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""DEMAND AND SUPPLY""; ""ABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS TO MEET OTHER MILITARY CRITERIA""; ""CHOOSING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DoD DEMAND FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES""; ""MEETING MILITARY CRITERIA WITH COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS""; ""DoD DEMAND VARIANCE AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""DoD COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND PROJECTIONS""; ""CONTEXT""; ""DoD PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE MILITARY DEMAND""
- ""MEETING MILITARY DEMAND WITH COMMERCIAL SATELLITES: CONTACT AND EVALUATION""""CONTEXT: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Terrestrial Systems and Networks""; ""Satellite Systems and Applications""; ""SATELLITE ALTERNATIVES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA""; ""CAN COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS MEET MILITARY CRITERIA? CAPACITY AND COVERAGE""; ""CRITERIA""; ""CAPACITY""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF CAPACITY""; ""COVERAGE""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF COVERAGE""; ""MILITARY THEATER USE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLEXIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, AND ACCESS AND CONTROL""
- ""EVALUATION SYNTHESIS""""PRICES OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY CAPACITY""; ""COMMERCIAL MARKET PROVIDERS AND PRODUCTS""; ""COMMERCIAL MARKET PRICES""; ""VARIANCE IN MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND""; ""DEMAND PROJECTIONS AND NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY""; ""ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENCIES ON DEMAND""; ""INVESTMENT STRATEGY ALTERNATIVES""; ""DETERMINING AN ECONOMICAL BALANCE BETWEEN BUYING AND SHORT- TERM LEASING""; ""DYNAMIC INVESTMENT STRATEGIES""; ""APPROACH""; ""Baseline Results""; ""Effect of Order-Receipt Lag""; ""Effect of Discount Rate and Price Drift""
- ""Effect of Demand Variations""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""STANDARD FREQUENCY DESIGNATIONS""; ""CURRENT DoD COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES""; ""GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING UNDER UNCERTAINTY""; ""A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL MODEL""; ""GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLUTION""; ""KEY ASSUMPTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
- "Project Air Force, Rand."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145).
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-4389-7
- OCLC:
- 70766190
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