Dynamic environment communications analysis testbed (DECAT) and its applications to Space Station Freedom

The Communication System Simulation Laboratory (CSSL) at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Johnson Space Center (JSC) provides a facility for analyzing and simulating space communication systems. The CSSL has simulation tools that model NASA communication systems and the environment in which they operate. One of these tools is a radio frequency coverage analysis tool called the dynamic environment communications analysis testbed (DECAT). The paper focuses on DECAT and its applications to Space Station Freedom (SSF).<
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