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DUDLEY KNOX LIBRAhOr NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA 93943-5101 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California THESIS A HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS MODEL by Brandee L. Murphy September 1997 Thesis Advisor: Samuel H. Parry Second Reader: JohnO. Yanaros Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE FormApprovedOMBNo.0704-0188 Publicreportingburdenforthiscollectionofinformationisestimatedtoaverage1hourperresponse,includingthetuneforreviewinginstruction,searchingexistingdatasources, gatheringandmaintainingthedataneeded,andcompletingandreviewingthecollectionofinformation.Sendcommentsregardingthisburdenestimateoranyotheraspectofthis collectionofinformation,includingsuggestionsforreducingthisburden,toWashingtonHeadquartersServices,DirectorateforInformationOperationsandReports,1215Jefferson DavisHighway,Suite1204,Arlington,VA22202-4302,andtotheOfficeofManagementandBudget,PaperworkReductionProject(0704-0188)WashingtonDC20503. 1. AGENCYUSEONLY(Leaveblank) 2. REPORTDATE 3. REPORTTYPE ANDDATESCOVERED September 1997 Master's Thesis 4. TITLEANDSUBTITLE 5. FUNDINGNUMBERS AHIGHRESOLUTION SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS MODEL 6. AUTHOR(S) Murphy, BrandeeL. 7. PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONNAME(S)ANDADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMINGORGANIZATION Naval Postgraduate School REPORTNUMBER Monterey, CA93943-5000 9. SPONSORING/MONITORINGAGENCYNAME(S)ANDADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING Joint Warfare System Office AGENCYREPORTNUMBER 1555 Wilson Boulevard Suite619 Arlington, VA 22209 SUPPLEMENTARYNOTES 11. Theviewsexpressed in thisthesisarethose oftheauthor and donot reflectthe official policyorposition ofthe Department ofDefenseortheU.S. Government. 12a DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTIONCODE Approved forpublicrelease; distribution isunlimited. 13. ABSTRACT (maximum 200words) Information warfare is a cornerstoneofJoint Vision 2010 which addressesthefuturestrategicenvironmentfor theUnited States. An integralcomponent ofinformationwarfare isthe continuing developmentofjointspacedoctrine. TheJoint Warfare System (JWARS) is a large scale, systemic simulation being developedbytheJoint Warfare Systems Officetoaid intheevaluation offuturejoint doctrineandforcestructure. Thepurposeofthisthesis istodevelop and demonstrateSimulation ofSatelliteCommunications (SIMSATCOM), ahighresolution, stochastic simulation ofsatellite communications for evaluatingtheeffectivenessofmessagetransmission andreceiptbyspecifiedsendersandreceivers. SIMSATCOM isdesignedtooperateas a stand-alonesimulation, butmaybeadoptedasahigh resolutionmodulefor a largescalesimulation such asJWARS. Thethesisdescribes SIMSATCOM in detail andprovidesanalysesofsimulation runs fordifferentjamming levelsandchannel capacities. 14. SUBJECTTERMS 15. NUMBEROFPAGES Communications Simulation Model, Satellite, JWARS 133 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITYCLASSIFICA- 18. SECURITYCLASSIFICA- 19. SECURITYCLASSIFICA- 20. LIMITATIONOF TIONOFREPORT TIONOFTHISPAGE TIONOFABSTRACT ABSTRACT UL Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified NSN7540-01-280-5500 StandardForm298(Rev. 2-89) PrescribedbyANSIStd.239-18298-102 11 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited AHIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS MODEL Brandee L. Murphy Lieutenant, United StatesNavy BS, United States Naval Academy, 1988 Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH fromthe NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL September 1997 SJfs AfcCHIVfc