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Aerostats belong to family of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) systems, in which the force of buoyancy acting on an envelope filled with LTA gas like Helium; constitute the major component of lift force. Payloads integrated on aerostat, due to height advantage have longer detection ranges and can effectively be used for various surveillance and monitoring applications. The paper details aerostat platform, fabric, mooring system and integration methodology of various types of payloads. It also discusses components of Data Communication System (DCS), survey of various optical communication standards and work carried out for design, development and implementation of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based transceiver module. This module is used in DCS for transporting payload data from aerostat to Ground Control Station.
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References
Tethered Aerostats used in TCOM Systems, TCOM Corporation, Columbia, USA.
Sandeep Malik., Puneet Gupta and Ajit Kumar., "Fundamentals, Aerostatics and Aerodynamics of Aerostat Vehicles", CEP 2007, ADRDE.
Karthikeyan A, "Integration Aspects of Payloads on Medium Size Aerostat", EWCI-2010.
Khurram Kazi., "Optical Networking Standards a Comprehensive Guide for Professionals", Springer.
Ray Horak., "Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook", Wiley-Interscience.
Finisar Corporation.,"4 Gigabit RoHS Compliant Long-Wavelength SFP Transceiver, Product Specification", April 5, 2007, Rev D1 www.finisar.com.
Aerostat Introduction Lindstrand Technologies Ltd, UK, www.lindstrandtech.com.
Gautam, R.K., "Development of Fiber Optic Tether for Aerostat System", CEP 2007, ADRDE.
ANSYS 2011 /MSC, Nastran User Manuals.