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Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, “FY 1988 Technical Progress Report,” Technical Progress Report, January 1989

The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) is the research and engineering laboratory of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). ITS provides technical support to NTIA in...

Edmond J. Violette, Richard H. Espeland, and Kenneth C. Allen, “Millimeter-Wave Propagation Characteristics and Channel Performance for Urban-Suburban Environments,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-239, December 1988

Measurements were performed in an urban-suburban environment with narrowband and wideband RF probes, which include millimeter-wave frequencies, in order to study propagation characteristics for street level paths. The primary objective of this report...

Lewis E. Vogler and James A. Hoffmeyer, “A New Approach to HF Channel Modeling and Simulation, Part 1: Deterministic Model,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-240, December 1988

This report describes a new and unique approach for modeling either narrowband or wideband high frequency (HF) channels. Although narrowband models of the HF channel have existed for many years, they are applicable to only a limited set of actual pro...

Robin H. Haines, “Spectrum Resources Assessment of Selected U.S. Government Space Services,” Technical Memorandum NTIA TM 88-136, September 1988

Andrew Farrar, “Coordination Requirements for Space and Aeronautical Telemetry Systems (2200–2290 MHz),” Technical Memorandum NTIA 88-134, September 1988

This report documents an analysis of the probability of interference from systems in the space services to aeronautical telemetry system using the 2200–2290 MHz band. These calculated results may be used to determine the coordination requirements fo...

This report details a study on the application of American National Standards X3.l02 and X3.l4l to various classes of communication satellite systems from the simple analog "bent–pipe" to NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). Th...

Fredrick Matos, “NTIA Information Services Report,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-235, August 1988

The NITA Information Services Report is a study of the information services available via telecommunications networks in the United States and a number of foreign countries. It presents a review of the information services available in the United Sta...

Robert J. Mayher et al., “The SUM Data Base: A New Measure of Spectrum Use,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-236, August 1988

This report describes a new technique for calculating the spectrum space used by existing frequency assignments. The Spectrum Use Measure (SUM) model determines the amount of spectrum used at a given location or the probability that a given location ...

Eldon J. Haakinson, Susan L. Rothschild, and Brent L. Bedford, “MF Broadcasting System Performance Model,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-237, August 1988

An interactive program has been developed to evaluate the performance of medium frequency (MF) broadcasting systems. The model calculates both ground–wave and sky–wave signals. The user can select from three ground–wave methods: (1) smooth Earth, hom...

This report presents results of a multiyear data communication performance measurement program conducted at the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, the research and engineering arm of the National Telecommunications and Information Administrati...

Thad J. Englert, “Consideration of Ionizing Radiation Shielding for Optical Fibers,” Contractor Report NTIA CR-88-40, June 1988

A brief overview of nuclear radiation processes is presented. Units of radiation energy and dose are discussed. Interactions of radiation processes with matter are analyzed in order to understand radiation and its energy. Range is discussed in rel...

Richard G. Geyer, “Dielectric Mixing Rules for Background Test Soils,” Technical Report NBSIR 88-3095, June 1988

The bulk, or effective, dielectric constant of any background test medium (whether naturally occurring or synthetic) determines the electromagnetic visibility of buried objects. Heuristic mixing rules are considered that allow the prediction of comp...

Important changes in the video market, particularly with respect to cable television over the last ten years, have raised several policy issues. The expanded technological capabilities of optical fibers and computers create new ways to transport and...

Philip W. Rosenkranz, “Interference Coefficients for Overlapping Oxygen Lines in Air,” Journal Article, April 1988

Interference coefficients describe the non-Lorentzian effect that arises as pressure broadening causes lines to overlap. These coefficients, one for each line, are at moderate pressures related linearly to absorption and dispersion. They are determin...

David F. Peach and Robert T. Adair, “Multitier Specification Applied to Modify the Hardness of an Essential NSEP Fiber Optic Link,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-231, March 1988

The Mu1itier Specification was developed to provide guidelines and recommendations for improving the durability of the communication installations necessary for National Security/Emergency Preparedness (NSEP). The application of the Multitier Specifi...

John J. Lemmon and Timothy J. Riley, “Propagation and Performance Measurements Over the Berlin–Bocksberg Digital Troposcatter Communications Link,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-232, March 1988

This report discusses propagation and performance measurements that were obtained over a digital troposcatter communication link between Bocksberg, West Germany, and West Berlin. The measurements were unusual because three general types of data were ...

Hiroshi Akima, “Use of Precalculated Data of Minimum Elliptical Beams of Satellite Antennas,” Technical Report NTIA TR-88-230, February 1988

Minimum (or “best–fit”) elliptical beams of satellite antennas have been used for the planning of space services utilizing the geostationary–satellite orbit. In such a planning, beam parameters of minimum elliptical beams are necessary for all possi...

Fiber optic telecommunication systems are susceptible to both natural and man-made stress. national Security/Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) is a function of how durable these systems are in light of projected levels of stress. Emergency Preparedness ...

Fiber optic telecommunication systems are susceptible to both natural and man-made stress. national Security/Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) is a function of how durable these systems are in light of projected levels of stress. Emergency Preparedness ...

The National Communications System (NCS) is responsible for defining reasonable enhancements that could be applied to commercial common carrier (or carriers’–carrier) fiber optic systems that will be leased or owned by government agencies and which m...