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Tables of Contents for Employing Commercial Satellite Communications
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
 
Figures
ix
 
Tables
xiii
 
Summary
xv
 
Acknowledgments
xxiii
 
Acronyms
xxv
 
Introduction
1
4
DoD Demand for Communications and the Role of Commercial Satellites
2
1
Meeting Military Criteria with Commercial Systems
3
1
DoD Demand Variance and Alternative Investment Strategies
4
1
DoD Communications Demand Projections
5
6
Context
5
1
DoD Projections of Future Military Demand
6
5
Meeting Military Demand with Commercial Satellites: Contact and Evaluation
11
14
Context: International Commercial Communications Systems
11
6
Terrestrial Systems and Networks
11
1
Satellite Systems and Applications
12
5
Satellite Alternatives and Evaluation Criteria
17
8
Can Commercial Systems Meet Military Criteria? Capacity and Coverage
25
18
Criteria
25
1
Capacity
26
7
Summary Evaluation of Capacity
33
2
Coverage
35
5
Summary Evaluation of Coverage
40
3
Military Theater use of Commercial Satellites and Implications for Flexibility, Interoperability, and Access and Control
43
22
Military Theater Use of Commercial Satellites
43
11
Military Theater Networks
43
2
Military Theater Interface with Commercial Systems
45
6
Operational Concepts for Transmitting Traffic Between Military Theaters and Global Commercial Networks
51
3
Flexibility
54
3
Interoperability
57
3
Access and Control
60
5
Do Commercial Systems Meet the Military Criteria of Quality of Service and Protection?
65
20
Quality of Service
65
4
Protection
69
2
Vulnerabilities of ``Minimally Protected'' Satellites to Jamming
71
4
Concepts to Mitigate Disruption of Commercial Satellite Communications
75
8
Evaluation Synthesis
83
2
Prices of Commercial and Military Capacity
85
12
Commercial Market providers and Products
85
5
Commercial Market Prices
90
7
Variance in Military Communications Demand
97
8
Demand Projections and National Security Strategy
97
2
Assessing the Effects of Contingencies on Demand
99
6
Investment Strategy Alternatives
105
24
Determining an Economical Balance Between Buying and Short-Term Leasing
106
8
Dynamic Investment Strategies
114
1
Approach
115
14
Baseline Results
117
5
Effect of Order-Receipt Lag
122
4
Effect of Discount Rate and Price Drift
126
2
Effect of Demand Variations
128
1
Conclusions
129
14
Appendix
A. Standard Frequency Designations
133
2
B. Current DoD Communications Satellites
135
2
C. Graphical Method for Communications Planning Under Uncertainty
137
6
References
143