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A method and system for the automatic scaling of radio transmitter characteristics. Transmitter designs are subject to change based upon the parameters of receivers and the desired characteristics of communications links in a communications system. The method of the present invention involves automa

A method and system for the automatic scaling of radio transmitter characteristics. Transmitter designs are subject to change based upon the parameters of receivers and the desired characteristics of communications links in a communications system. The method of the present invention involves automatically scaling certain characteristics of a transmitter based upon other characteristics of the transmitter and the desired characteristics of a communications link. Autoscaling calculates the bandwidth necessary for the transmitter based upon other characteristics of the transmitter, such as modulation type and data rate. Information concerning the modulation type and the scaling factor associated with each modulation type are stored in a database for access by the system. Once these transmitter characteristics are known, further transmitter characteristics, such as bandwidth, are automatically calculated. The system allows for multiple designs to be created so that analysts can select the optimal design for the mission. The system also allows for animated soft copy output of maps, reports and graphs to be created as well as allowing for hard copy output of reports graphs.

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1. A method for autoscaling transmitter characteristics wherein the method is incorporated into a satellite system analysis computer program for design selection comprising:(a) defining certain first transmitter characteristics; (b) automatically scaling other first transmitter characteristics based

1. A method for autoscaling transmitter characteristics wherein the method is incorporated into a satellite system analysis computer program for design selection comprising:(a) defining certain first transmitter characteristics; (b) automatically scaling other first transmitter characteristics based upon the defined first transmitter characteristics; (c) defining the communications link between the first transmitter and one or more receivers; (d) generating first communication link performance data; (e) determining acceptability of the first communications link performance; (f) defining second transmitter characteristics when first communication link performance is unacceptable; (g) automatically scaling other second transmitter characteristics based upon the defined second transmitter characteristics; (h) generating second communications link performance data based upon the second transmitter characteristics; (i) determining acceptability of the second communications link performance; and (j) accepting the revised transmitter characteristics when link performance data is acceptable.