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Improving Critical Communications in Northern Canada

Authors:
Paul Labbé

Keywords: communications; satellite; UAS; Arctic; latency

Abstract:
Evolving activities in the Canadian Arctic drive the need for increased dependable high-data rate communication capabilities with low latencies. This study examines performance and challenges of past and current communication technologies available in this northern region for sensor data, video and voice exchange. Some options for operations in the Canadian Arctic are explored accounting for adverse conditions, such as atmospheric disturbances (both natural and man-made) or adversarial attacks on satellites and terrestrial infrastructure. Potential users include Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), off-grid communities and Public Safety, with respective systems requiring machine-to-machine low latency data sharing. Technologies considered include satellites, microwave relays, fiber optic links, radios such as cellular phones, transceivers in high frequency bands (20-30 Mhz), and particularly Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) gateways.

Pages: 43 to 62

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2020. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2020

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2601