Phase II Final Report - NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts

Chapter 4.0 Entomopter Flight Operations
4.3 Entomopter-borne Active Emitters for Navigation and Communication
Peak power (W)
altitude = 10 m
altitude = 200 m
Figure 4-19: Peak Transmitter Power Required for Altimetry at 10 m and 200 m
as a Function of Frequency
Average power (W)
1 . 10 4
1 . 10 5
1 . 10 6
1 . 10 7
1 . 10 8
Figure 4-20: Average Transmitter Power Required for Altimetry at 10 m and 200 m
as a Function of Frequency
4.3.6.3 Communications Results
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1
0.1
0.01
1 . 10 3
Peak power at 10 and 200 m
0 20 40 60 80 100
f (GHz)
Average power at 10 and 200 m
1.10 3
1.10 4
1.10 5
1.10 6
1.10 7
1.10 8
1.10 9
1.10 10
1.10 11
1.10 12
1.10 13
1.10 14
1.10 15
0 20 40 60 80 100
f (GHz)
altitude = 10 m
altitude = 200 m
Table 4-3: Parameters for Communications Analysis
Temperature of receiver To (Kelvin) 290
Isotropic gain of transmitting antenna G T (dBi) 8
Isotropic gain of receiving antenna G R (dBi) 8
Signal-to-noise ratio (dB) 17.6
Noise figure, F (dB) 2
Bit energy to noise ratio, E b /N o (dB) 15.6
Bit error rate (BER) 10 -5
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