W/V-band Satellite Communications Experiment (WSCE) program

Added: Jan 14, 2014 12:09 pm The Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV), in collaboration with the Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Directorate (SMC/MC), and NASA Glenn Research Center, plan to conduct fundamental research to increase knowledge and understanding of atmospheric effects on radio frequency signal propagation. Specifically, the objective is to statistically characterize channel propagation effects in the V (71 - 76 GHz) and W (81 - 86 GHz) frequency bandwidths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Channel propagation effects can include, for example, signal attenuation, phase dispersion, and depolarization. It is necessary to correlate the long-term channel behavior to atmospheric and meteorological parameters. Measured data will be used to develop and validate modeling and design tools that can be used to design and assess future military satellite communication architectures.