Experimental Demonstration of Microwave Power Transmission and Wireless Communication Within a Prototype Reusable Spacecraft

Author

Yoshida, Satoshi ; Hasegawa, Naoki ; Kawasaki, Shigeo

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space & Astronaut. Sci., Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan

Volume

25

Issue

8

fYear

2015

fDate

Aug. 2015

Firstpage

556

Lastpage

558

Abstract

In this letter, a wireless sensor network system powered by microwave power transmission (MPT) technology within a prototype reusable spacecraft is proposed and evaluated. The evaluation was based on a 5.8 GHz, 50 W class MPT integrated with a 2.4 GHz band wireless communication system. Experiments to evaluate energy balance under 25 cm line-of-sight conditions and to test multi-sensor operation under non line-of-sight conditions within the prototype spacecraft, called a reusable vehicle test (RVT).

Keywords

aircraft communication; microwave power transmission; sensor fusion; space vehicles; wireless sensor networks; MPT; RVT; energy balance; line-of-sight condition; microwave power transmission; multisensor operation; prototype reusable spacecraft; reusable vehicle test; wireless communication system; wireless sensor network; Microwave communication; Power generation; Power transmission; Space vehicles; Tin; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Microwave power transmission (MPT); space vehicles; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2015.2441294

Filename

7131573