Citation

Abstract

The 1978 Pioneer Venus mission will require direct communication links between the planetary probes and Earth. Data from the Russian spacecraft Venera 4 indicate that these links will be subjected to lognormal fading resulting from atmospheric turbulence. This article analyzes the bit error rate degradation for uncoded binary phase-shift-keyed (PSK) telemetry in the presence of such fading.

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Volume
42-21
Published
June 15, 1974
Pages
45–54
File Size
572.7 KB