A novel digital platform for deep space transponders: the receiver side

Author

Simone, L. ; Gelfusa, D. ; Cocchi, S. ; Comparing, M.C. ; Fiore, D. ; Piloni, V. ; Rapposelli, A. ; Capannolo, M.

Author_Institution

Alenia Spazio, Rome, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

6-13 March 2004

Abstract

The progress of digital design techniques and the improvement of the very large scale integration (VLSI) technologies allow the implementation of the signal processing core of telemetry, tracking and command (TTC) equipments in customized digital devices which support the complete set of communication functions as required by the most advanced space applications and recently issued standards. Accordingly a new digital platform, the TTC Modem, has been developed by Alenia Spazio in the frame of the ESTEC Contract 15902/01/NL/JA. The TTC Modem is partitioned in two main sections: the receiver side (NDP-Rx, Receiver Novel Digital Platform) and the transmitter side side (NDP-Tx, Transmitter Novel Digital Platform), which are respectively based on the Rx-FPGA and the Tx-FPGA. In particular, this paper focuses on the NDP-Rx, while the companion paper (Simone et al., 2004) offers an overview on the NDP-Tx.

Keywords

VLSI; microwave receivers; modems; signal processing equipment; space communication links; space telemetry; space vehicles; tracking; transponders; Alenia Spazio; ESTEC Contract; Rx-FPGA; TTC modem; Tx-FPGA; communication functions; deep space transponders; digital design techniques; digital devices; digital platform; signal processing; space applications; telemetry; tracking; very large scale integration technologies; Communication standards; Contracts; Digital signal processing; Modems; Signal design; Space technology; Telemetry; Transmitters; Transponders; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8155-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2004.1367919

Filename

1367919