Communication Networks and Engineering

This area of engineering focuses on knowledge and practices associated with researching and developing air and space communications architectures and networks to meet mission and system requirements, and to research new technology for improving air traffic management and communication between satellites, flightcraft, spacecraft and ground.  Also included in this field is a knowledge of communication systems electronics engineering for sending and receiving signals with different networks, including wireless, digital and radio frequency bandwidths.  Engineers in this field have the ability to make these technologies effective, efficient, and prudent uses of the radio spectrum, with care to conserve it for uses where other means of communication are not available or feasible.

NASA Centers that are focused on Communication Networks and Engineering:

• Ames Research Center (ARC), Mountain View, California
• Glenn Research Center (GRC), Cleveland, Ohio

Related Links:

• NASA Research and Engineering Network (NREN)