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Verifying a concept of adaptive communication with LEO satellites using SDR-based simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2019

S. Kozłowski Open the ORCID record for S. Kozłowski [Opens in a new window] ,
K. Kurek ,
J. Skarzyński ,
K. Szczygielska  and
M. Darmetko
S. Kozłowski*
Affiliation:
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
K. Kurek
Affiliation:
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
J. Skarzyński
Affiliation:
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
K. Szczygielska
Affiliation:
Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw, Poland
M. Darmetko
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
*
Author for correspondence: S. Kozłowski, E-mail: S.Kozlowski@ire.pw.edu.pl
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Abstract

The paper is related to an adaptive satellite communication system for data transmission from small, low cost, low Earth orbit satellites. Tests run in a set-up consisting of a number of software-defined radio (SDR) modules operating as a satellite, a ground station, and a satellite channel simulator, have shown that by changing modulation scheme and code rate one can obtain increase of amount of data which can be downloaded from a satellite during a single pass over a ground station approximately by a factor of 2. To determine data rates obtainable in an SDR system using a common personal computer as a digital signal processing device, execution times of particular processing steps involved in the reception process were measured.

Keywords

Software-defined radioadaptive communicationlow Earth orbit satellites
Type
MIKON 2018
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 11 , Special Issue 7: MIKON 2018 / EuMW 2018 (Part II) , September 2019 , pp. 602 - 608
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2019 

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