FEASIBILITY STUDY UTILIZING METEOR BURST COMMUNICATIONS FOR VESSEL MONITORING

This document discusses the feasibility of using meteor burst communications for monitoring vessel position, in particular the Prince William Sound VMS near Valdez, Alaska. This document describes the equipment and operational performance of meteor burst in the telemetry of vessel position data. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Meteor Communications Consultants, Incorporated

  Kent, WA  United States 

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Leader, R E
• Publication Date: 1981-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Area; Location; Monitoring; Position fixing; Radio equipment; Ships; Telemetry
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Old TRIS Terms: Area coverage; Burst transmission; Meteors; Position finding; Telemeter systems
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00347882
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-68-81, TSC-USCG-81
• Contract Numbers: DTRS57-80-C-00171
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 2003 12:00AM