Title :
CASCADE demodulator
Author :
Cherkaoui, Jaafar ; Zanus, Augustine
Author_Institution :
MDA Corp., Montreal, QC
Abstract :
The cascade CX payload allows for the reception, storage and transmission of multi-gigabyte files. This paper describes the demodulator functions and performance as well as the test results obtained on the flight unit integrated in the Cx payload.
Keywords :
demodulators; quadrature phase shift keying; Ka-band QPSK signal; cascade CX payload; cascade demodulator; demodulator functions; multigigabyte files; Aerospace engineering; Demodulation; Frequency estimation; Frequency synchronization; Modulation coding; Payloads; Phase estimation; Quadrature phase shift keying; Systems engineering and theory; Timing; CASCADE; High Rate Demodulator;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing for Space Communications, 2008. SPSC 2008. 10th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Rhodes Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2572-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2573-0
DOI :
10.1109/SPSC.2008.4686716
