TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mattock,Michael G.
AU  - Hamilton,Thomas
AU  - Bonds,Tim
AU  - Rhodes,Carl Z.
AU  - Scheiern,Michael L.
AU  - Feldman,Phillip M.
AU  - Frelinger,David et al
TI  - Employing Commercial Satellite Communications: Wideband Investment Options for the Department of Defense
SN  - 9780833043894
AV  - UA943 -- .E47 2000eb 
U1  - 358/.24/0973 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Santa Monica
PB  - RAND Corporation, The
KW  - Communications, Military -- United States
KW  - Artificial satellites in telecommunication -- United States
KW  - Broadband communication systems -- United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - PREFACE -- PROJECT AIR FORCE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- DEMAND AND SUPPLY -- ABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS TO MEET OTHER MILITARY CRITERIA -- CHOOSING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS -- INTRODUCTION -- DoD DEMAND FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES -- MEETING MILITARY CRITERIA WITH COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS -- DoD DEMAND VARIANCE AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES -- DoD COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND PROJECTIONS -- CONTEXT -- DoD PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE MILITARY DEMAND -- MEETING MILITARY DEMAND WITH COMMERCIAL SATELLITES: CONTACT AND EVALUATION -- CONTEXT: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Terrestrial Systems and Networks -- Satellite Systems and Applications -- SATELLITE ALTERNATIVES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA -- CAN COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS MEET MILITARY CRITERIA? CAPACITY AND COVERAGE -- CRITERIA -- CAPACITY -- SUMMARY EVALUATION OF CAPACITY -- COVERAGE -- SUMMARY EVALUATION OF COVERAGE -- MILITARY THEATER USE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLEXIBILITY, INTEROPERABILITY, AND ACCESS AND CONTROL -- MILITARY THEATER USE OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITES Military Theater Networks -- Military Theater Interface with Commercial Systems -- Operational Concepts for Transmitting Traffic Between Military Theaters and Global Commercial Networks -- FLEXIBILITY -- INTEROPERABILITY -- ACCESS AND CONTROL -- DO COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS MEET THE MILITARY CRITERIA OF QUALITY OF SERVICE AND PROTECTION? -- QUALITY OF SERVICE -- PROTECTION -- VULNERABILITIES OF ÏMINIMALLY PROTECTEDÓ SATELLITES TO JAMMING -- CONCEPTS TO MITIGATE DISRUPTION OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS -- EVALUATION SYNTHESIS -- PRICES OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY CAPACITY -- COMMERCIAL MARKET PROVIDERS AND PRODUCTS -- COMMERCIAL MARKET PRICES -- VARIANCE IN MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS DEMAND; DEMAND PROJECTIONS AND NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY -- ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF CONTINGENCIES ON DEMAND -- INVESTMENT STRATEGY ALTERNATIVES -- DETERMINING AN ECONOMICAL BALANCE BETWEEN BUYING AND SHORT- TERM LEASING -- DYNAMIC INVESTMENT STRATEGIES -- APPROACH -- Baseline Results -- Effect of Order-Receipt Lag -- Effect of Discount Rate and Price Drift -- Effect of Demand Variations -- CONCLUSIONS -- STANDARD FREQUENCY DESIGNATIONS -- CURRENT DoD COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES -- GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING UNDER UNCERTAINTY -- A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL MODEL -- GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLUTION -- KEY ASSUMPTIONS -- REFERENCES
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