CONTENTS

�1���� Introduction
�2���� Space VLBI system
������� 2.1���� Space VLBI telemetry signal, noise and interference
������� ����������2.1.1���� Signal
����������������� 2.1.2���� Noise and interference
�3���� Space VLBI telemetry detection
������� 3.1���� Telemetry receiver
����������������� 3.1.1���� Matched filter
������� 3.2���� Telemetry bit error rate (BER)
�4���� Space VLBI cross-correlation
������� 4.1���� Cross-correlation of digitized observation record
����������������� 4.1.1���� Mean value of cross-correlation product
����������������� 4.1.2���� Evaluation of P+1|c
������� 4.2���� Cross-correlation SNR (XSNR)
�5���� Derivation of space VLBI telemetry interference criteria
������� 5.1���� Degradations in XSNR due to noise and interference in the telemetry link
������� 5.2���� Tolerable degradation due to interference
������� 5.3���� Calculation of interference criteria