Research Summaries

Back Field Station Research and Support

Fiscal Year 2008
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigator(s) Parker, Andrew A.
Sponsor Army Intelligence & Security Command (Army)
Summary The US Army's worldwide SIGINT facilities (field sites) house communications and data processing equipment. In recent years, these "listening posts" and "data processing centers" have become degraded in the performance of their prime mission, the reception of weak signals. The Korean field sites are presently impacted by nearby signal sources emanating from South Korea communities and cities. This has severely reduced the capability of the sites to receive signals-of-interest (SOI). Since 1985 the Signal Enhancement Lab has developed and implemented mitigation plans to enhance the signal to noise ratio (S/N) of SIGINT sites worldwide. Surveys determine which aspects of the various buildings and their contents needs modification or alteration. This effort is directed at the identification, measurement, documentation, and mitigation plans at any or all of the three DMZ sites and supporting commands. Variability of specific system problems and a limit of 2 weeks on site preclude predicting the specific number of remote sites that will be completed.
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