Data Collection Using Adaptive Phased Array

• Main Author: Noji, T. T.
• Other Authors: AIL
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 1975
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/609306; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/609306

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 14-16, 1975 / Sheraton Inn, Silver Spring, Maryland === Adaptive Ground Implemented Phased Array or AGIPA provides a rapid and cost effective means to read out and interrogate a very large number of earth based sensors. AGIPA locates an array in space but locates all of its beam forming and beam steering network on the ground; thereby providing multiple high gain beams to be formed with minimal complexity in space. AGIPA offers: * Less total system cost by placing a high gain array on a central data collection system and reducing the cost of each of the thousands of sensors. * Rapid data collection due to electronic beam steering as well as through formation of multiple beams. * Nulling of unintentional RFI that can disable the entire data collection system.