Experimentation Description

0280-EX-CN-2017 Text Documents

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

2017-04-18ELS_190684

                                                                           Rockwell Collins, Inc.
                                                                  File Number 0280-EX-CN-2017

                              Exhibit: Description of Experiment
Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Rockwell Collins) respectfully requests a new experimental license to
develop a return-link waveform, lower-power VLF to HF band transmitter and receiver
demonstration platform capable of simultaneous reception of up to 500 signals. Rockwell hopes
to start this testing by June 1, 2017.
Although the goal of the testing is to maximize transmit power, it is expected that the EIRP will
be less than 1W and the maximum distance of the communication link will be 3000km. The
waveform design objective will be to convey a small status message on the order of 8 to 16 bits
once every 10 minutes.
The implementation of the system will include the capability to scale the message time of the
waveform to accommodate various signal-to-noise ratios for demonstration and analysis
purposes.
Rockwell Collins is the leading supplier to the U. S. Military for LF/VLF communications
systems. These predominantly use high power transmitters and large antennas to convey
messages between various government assets. Rockwell Collins wishes to invest, experiment,
and demonstrate new versions of these systems that may be used to move specialized data traffic
using less power and more compact antennas.

The availability of modern digital signal processing techniques and antenna theory are useful to
move LF/VLF communications into new applications that were not previously possible.
Initially, Rockwell will test by transmitting from a given ground location to various test receiver
points. If successful, this may lead to other experiments to support U.S. Military applications.



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