Communication Design Performance Comparison for an Elevation Mask of 20° and a Data Rate of dKa = 44.7 Mbps See Section 3.2.4) for details on how the performance metrics and design criteria are computed.
| LNCSS Case Study (# comm. sats, # total sats) | Performance metrics: At worst user grid point | Design criteria: Avg across grid points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Availability (%) | Failure Tolerance (%) | Coverage (%) | Summed Daily Availability tKa of LNCSS–Earth Data Link (s) (minimum among 15 days) | Daily Data Volume (GB) | |
| A (2,8) | 86.50 | 15.57 | 100 | 160320 | 895.79 |
| B(3, 12) | 100 | 51.22 | 100 | 246720 | 1791.24 |
| C (4, 16) | 100 | 88.32 | 100 | 336012 | 1378.55 |