Reliability Improvement Through Making the Most Use of Data Diverse Reception Capabilities

Analysis is made available of capabilities for improving data reliability by integrating the noiseless coding techniques (decoding) that, above all, is recommended by CCSDS, and the diversity reception techniques described in the Orange Book CCSDS 551.1-O-1 “Correlated Data Generation”. The integration approach described in the aforesaid Orange Book is detailed. Demonstrative examples and simple calculations are cited to illustrate that data reliability is substantially improved. Herewith, the reasons are given for selecting the optimal integration method; otherwise, it could result in the degradation of reliability (the necessary condition for making the adequate choice – the technique conformity to the interference situation). It is proposed to make better use of the diversity reception techniques (obviously underappreciated by the CCSDS community).