HIGH FREQUENCY
DATA LINK
(HFDL)
By :
Stefanus Siena Haryadi Moel
13613018
HFDL
Coverage provides at highly cost
effective data link capability where
SATCOM coverage is unavailable.
Today HFDL are offered as original
equipment by all the major airframe
manufactures.
Aircraft Operational Control
at Various Stage
Advantages
Advantages :
- wide coverage due to the extremely long range of
HF signal
- Simultaneous coverage on several bands and
frequency (currently 60)
- Multiple ground station (currently 14) at strategic
location around the globe
- Relative Simple avionics using well tried
technology
- Rapid network acquisition
- Exceptional network availabity
Disadvantage
Very low data rates (making the system
unsuitable for high speed wideband
communications)
HFDL uses Phase Shift Keying (PSK) at
data rates of 300, 600 1200 and 1800
bps.
Data rate used is dependent on
prevailing condition
HFDL based on frequency division
multiplexing (FDM) and time division
multiplexing (TDM) with individual
communication channel