02-15-2016, 08:31 PM
Bugsy:
The first page of the Inmarsat coms log ( https://goo.gl/XW3dDU ) explains what is contained in the full log, and what the redacted log contains. Of the redacted columns, the only ones that would have added some value to the path reconstruction analysis were Rx Power, C/N0, and Est. BER. These values would have provided some additional information about the quality of the received signals (signal to noise ratio). But we know, without these columns, that the signal to noise ratio for every reported record met the minimum requirements for error free transmission. So we have all the minimum required data. None of the missing data would have changed the path analysis. The JON Inmarsat Paper did provide some of the Rx Power, C/N0, and Est. BER data, and those data confirmed that there is nothing surprising in those vales.
The first page of the Inmarsat coms log ( https://goo.gl/XW3dDU ) explains what is contained in the full log, and what the redacted log contains. Of the redacted columns, the only ones that would have added some value to the path reconstruction analysis were Rx Power, C/N0, and Est. BER. These values would have provided some additional information about the quality of the received signals (signal to noise ratio). But we know, without these columns, that the signal to noise ratio for every reported record met the minimum requirements for error free transmission. So we have all the minimum required data. None of the missing data would have changed the path analysis. The JON Inmarsat Paper did provide some of the Rx Power, C/N0, and Est. BER data, and those data confirmed that there is nothing surprising in those vales.