Re: OT: The Truth About Predator Drones

On 1/5/2010 1:40 PM, Brad Allen wrote:
> In article<9vwXm.36095$gd1.29445@newsfe05.iad>,
> Eric Jacobsen<eric.jacobsen@ieee.org>  wrote:
>
> " Maintaining synchronization down in that mud is a whole 'nuther
> " issue, and satellite transponder bandwidth is expensive enough that
> " it's very rare to see codes lower than R = 1/2.
>
> Not everyone has to have lower codes at the same time; priority and
> conditions.  Conditions can be automated; priority obviously has
> administration overhead that is untrivial but could be done.  Start
> with conditions and see if excellent priority administration is still
> needed (beyond some rudimentary defaults).

It sounds to me like you're confusing link budget and QoS.

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Eric Jacobsen
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Abineau Communications
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