Changing rocket attitude to improve communication link performance in the presence of multiple rocket plumes
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F42B-015/01
F41G-007/00
F41G-009/00
F42B-015/00
출원번호
US-0648663
(2009-12-29)
등록번호
US-8288697
(2012-10-16)
발명자
/ 주소
Wolf, David E.
출원인 / 주소
Lockheed Martin Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Howard IP Law Group, PC
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초록▼
A method for commanding an attitude change of a boosting missile to tend to maintain good communication link quality includes the step of precalculating attenuation of a link between the boosting missile and a ground station in the presence and absence of multiple missile plumes. If the actual link
A method for commanding an attitude change of a boosting missile to tend to maintain good communication link quality includes the step of precalculating attenuation of a link between the boosting missile and a ground station in the presence and absence of multiple missile plumes. If the actual link attenuation is less than the precalculated attenuation in the absence of multiple missile plumes, no attitude change is commanded. If the actual link attenuation exceeds the precalculated value, the actual link attenuation is compared with the calculated attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes. If the calculated multiple plume RF attenuation is less than the actual link attenuation, the attenuation is deemed to be caused by some factor other than multiple plume attenuation, and produces a flag for commanding a change in attitude.
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1. A method for adjusting the track or path of a boosting missile to maintain the quality of a communication link between said missile and a communication device in the presence of at least one other boosting missile, said method comprising the steps of: precalculating a communication link budget in
1. A method for adjusting the track or path of a boosting missile to maintain the quality of a communication link between said missile and a communication device in the presence of at least one other boosting missile, said method comprising the steps of: precalculating a communication link budget including an attenuation factor, said attenuation factor including a table of attenuation characteristics of a communication path extending to a single missile which, when operating, generates a plasma plume;providing a first missile, said first missile including a motor which, when operating, generates a plasma plume, and which also includes an antenna for transducing signals with a communication device;initializing and launching said first missile;determining a number of additional boosting missile or missiles traveling along paths lying in or immediately adjacent to a line of sight between said communication device and said first missile;determining a quality of said communication link in the presence of said additional boosting missile or missiles; andif (a) said communication link quality falls below a predetermined standard and (b) the link quality is deemed to be attributable to the plumes of said first and additional missile or missiles, adjusting a missile track to improve said link quality. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of adjusting a missile track includes the step of adjusting the track of said first missile. 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of determining the quality of said link in the presence of said additional boosting missile or missiles includes the step of calculating ATOTAL=[1+0.1(ReqR1)][1+0.26(h1-havg)A1]A1 where: A1 is a predetermined value of plume attenuation for the first missile;h1 is an altitude associated with the first missile;ATOTAL is a total attenuation for multiple plumes 1 through N, which plumes may be at different altitudes, and for h≦70 km;havg is an average altitude of all plumes (km); andReq is an equivalent nozzle plane exit radius based on the total nozzle exit plane area associated with all the missile plumes Req=(R12+R22+R32+R42+ . . . +RN2)1/2. 4. A method for adjusting the track or path of a boosting missile to maintain the quality of a communication link between said missile and a communication device in the presence of at least one other boosting missile, said method comprising the steps of: precalculating a communication link budget including a communication link attenuation factor, said communication link budget attenuation factor including a table of attenuation characteristics of a communication path extending to a missile which, when operating, generates a plasma plume;providing a first missile, said first missile including a motor which, when operating, generates a plasma plume, and which also includes an antenna for transducing signals with a communication device;initializing and launching said first missile;determining characteristics of an environment of said first missile, including a number of additional boosting missile or missiles traveling along paths lying adjacent to a line of sight extending between said communication device and said first missile, and also including information relating to exit plane areas of the boosting missiles; anddetermining a quality of said communication link in the presence of said additional boosting missile or missiles as a function of the exit plane areas of the boosting missiles; andadjusting a track or path of said first missile if said quality of said communication link quality is less than said communication link budget. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining a quality of said communication link includes determining if factors other than plume attenuation are affecting the quality of the communication link. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the factors other than plume attenuation are selected from the list consisting of hardware failure, range and jamming. 7. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining characteristics of an environment of said first missile comprises determining an attenuation attributable to the passage of an RF signal of said communication link through plumes of said number of additional boosting missile or missiles. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of determining an attenuation is based on at least an altitude of the first missile, an average altitude of all plumes, and an equivalent nozzle plane exit radius based on a total nozzle exit plane area associated with all plumes. 9. A method for determining if the attitude of a boosting missile should be modified in order to improve the quality of a communication link extending between the boosting missile and a stationary communication device, said method comprising the steps of: precalculating a missile link budget including attenuation attributable to an engine plume of said boosting missile;launching said boosting missile;determining the quality of said link as being good or bad;if said quality of said link is bad, determining an actual link attenuation for the boosting missile under existing conditions, and comparing the actual link attenuation to the precalculated missile link budget to determine if the actual link attenuation is greater than or less than the precalculated missile link budget;if said actual link attenuation is less than the precalculated missile link budget, generating a signal indicating that the boosting missile attitude need not be changed;calculating link attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes; andif said actual link attenuation is greater than said precalculated missile link budget, comparing said actual link attenuation with said calculated link attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes, and if said calculated link attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes is less than said actual link attenuation, generating a signal indicating that the boosting missile attitude need not be changed, and if said calculated link attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes is greater than said actual link attenuation, generating a signal indicating that the boosting missile attitude needs to be changed. 10. A method according to claim 9, wherein said step of calculating link attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes comprises the step of calculating ATOTAL=[1+0.1(ReqR1)][1+0.26(h1-havg)A1]A1 where: A1 is a predetermined value of plume attenuation for the boosting missile;h1 is an altitude associated with the boosting missile;ATOTAL is a total attenuation for multiple plumes 1 through N, for h≦70 km;havg is an average altitude of all plumes (km); andReq is an equivalent nozzle plane exit radius based on the total nozzle exit plane area associated with all the missile plumes according to the formula: Req=(R12+R22+R32+R42+ . . . +RN2)1/2. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of determining the quality of said link as being good or bad link includes determining if factors other than plume attenuation are affecting the quality of the communication link. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein the factors other than plume attenuation are selected from the list consisting of hardware failure, range and jamming. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of calculating link attenuation in the presence of multiple missile plumes comprises the step of determining an attenuation attributable to the passage of an RF signal of said communication link through said multiple missile plumes. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of determining an attenuation is based on at least an altitude of the boosting missile, an average altitude of all plumes, and an equivalent nozzle plane exit radius based on a total nozzle exit plane area associated with all plumes. 15. A system for determining if the attitude of a missile should be modified to improve the quality of a communication link extending between the missile and a communication device, the system comprising: a processor executing instructions for performing the method comprising: calculating a communication link budget including an attenuation factor, said attenuation factor including attenuation characteristics of a communication path extending between a communication device and a first missile, the first missile having a plasma plume;determining a number of additional missiles traveling along paths lying in or immediately adjacent to a line of sight between said communication device and said first missile;determining a quality of said communication link in the presence of said number of additional missiles; andif said link quality falls below a predetermined standard and the link quality is deemed to be attributable to the plumes of said first missile and said number of additional missiles, adjusting a missile track to improve said link quality. 16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said step of adjusting a missile track includes the step of adjusting the track of said first missile. 17. The system according to claim 15, wherein said step of adjusting a missile track includes the step of adjusting the track of at least one of said number of additional missiles. 18. The system according to claim 15, wherein said step of determining a quality of said communication link in the presence of said number of additional missiles includes the step of calculating ATOTAL=[1+0.1(ReqR1)][1+0.26(h1-havg)A1]A1 where: A1 is a predetermined value of plume attenuation for the first missile;h1 is an altitude associated with the first missile;ATOTAL is a total attenuation for multiple plumes 1 through N, which plumes may be at different altitudes, and for h≦70 km;havg is an average altitude of all plumes (km); andReq is an equivalent nozzle plane exit radius based on the total nozzle exit plane area associated with all the missile plumes Req=(R12+R22+R32+R42+ . . . +RN2)1/2. 19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the step of determining a quality of said communication link in the presence of said number of additional missiles is based on at least an altitude of the first missile, an average altitude of all plumes, and an equivalent nozzle plane exit radius based on a total nozzle exit plane area associated with all plumes. 20. The system according to claim 15, wherein the step of determining a quality of said communication link comprises the additional step of determining if factors other than plume attenuation are affecting the quality of the communication link, wherein said factors are selected from the list consisting of hardware failure, range and jamming.
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