Satellite payloads with optical interconnects: Solving the bandwidth bottleneck in space

Author

Vervaeke, Michael ; Debaes, Christof ; Van Erps, Jürgen ; Karppinen, M. ; Tanskanen, A. ; Aalto, Timo ; Harjanne, Mikko ; Thienpont, Hugo

Author_Institution

Brussels Photonics Team (B-PHOT), Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2011

fDate

18-20 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present the results of a study to assess the viability of optical datacommunication solutions to alleviate the demands regarding power consumption and aggregate bandwidth imposed on future satellite communication payloads. Optimization of the satellite real-estate usage push payload designers towards very large capacity, high computational and flexible, transparent digital solutions, handling a total internal digital througput in excess of 1 Tb/s to cope with the increasing bandwidth demand of future broadband communication services.

Keywords

artificial satellites; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; power consumption; satellite communication; internal digital througput; optical data communication; optical interconnects; power consumption; satellite communication payloads; satellite payloads; satellite real-estate usage push payload designers; transparent digital solutions; Bandwidth; Optical interconnections; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Payloads; Photonics; Satellites; optical interconnects; satellite; telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-315-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953783

Filename

5953783