RLPM -- A Communicator's Planning Tool

This paper describes a Radio Link Performance Model (RLPM) that can be used to predict the effectiveness of analog and digital surface and air-to-ground radio communication links operating in the LF through UHF bands. The model emphasizes the computation of meaningful performance measures and uses color graphics to display the results in an easily-understood manner. It has a user-friendly interface that permits data to be entered in an interactive manner, error-trapping routines are used to minimize the chances of program abort due to key stroke errors. It is written in FORTRAN 77 and runs on an HP minicomputer.