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ARGOS PERFORMANCE IN THE EUROPEAN REGION. Bill Woodward, Philippe Gros, Christian Ortega CLS. THE “PROBLEM”. ARGOS USERS REPORT REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF MESSAGES RECEIVED IMPACT IS A FUNCTION OF XMITTED POWER LEVEL SOME “LOW POWER” PTTs MAY NOT BE HEARD IN CERTAIN REGIONS
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ARGOS PERFORMANCE IN THE EUROPEAN REGION Bill Woodward, Philippe Gros, Christian Ortega CLS
THE “PROBLEM” • ARGOS USERS REPORT REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF MESSAGES RECEIVED • IMPACT IS A FUNCTION OF XMITTED POWER LEVEL • SOME “LOW POWER” PTTs MAY NOT BE HEARD IN CERTAIN REGIONS • ARGO FLOAT “TE” IS REDUCED
THE RESPONSE • SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION BY CLS & CNES • TWO INITIAL OBJECTIVES: Estimating the Mean Noise Level Seeking Locations of Discrete Noise Sources
THE APPROACH • TECHNICAL • SATELLITE-BASED MEASUREMENTS • CLOSE CO-OP w/USERs & MANUFACTURERS • ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO ASSIST USERS TO OPTIMIZE THEIR XMIT STRATEGY • ADMINISTRATIVE • INFORMAL & FORMAL REQUESTS BY CNES TO GOVERNMENTS
WHERE WE ARE • SYSTEM OCCUPANCY
DISCRETE ARGOS INTERFERENCE SOURCES HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: • Albania AlgeriaItaly SyriaEcuador (2) Russia (2) • INFORMAL REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SENT REQUESTING ELIMINATION OF THIS INTERFERENCE
PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS: • Beacons less than 250 mW may not be received • Beacons more than 500 mW have higher probability of reception
NOW WHAT? • CONTINUE TO MEASURE NOISE LEVELS • IMPLEMENT GROUND BASED MEASUREMENTS TO LOCATE SOURCES OF WIDE-BAND NOISE • MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON COUNTRIES WITH DISCRETE INTERFERENCE SOURCES