An extremely sensitive digital receiver for deep space satellite communications

Author

Berner, Jeff B. ; Ware, Kurt M.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-3 April 1992

Firstpage

577

Lastpage

584

Abstract

A new ground based receiver for deep space applications is being designed. By utilizing high speed gallium arsenide applications specific integrated circuits, advanced single board computers, and a real-time embedded operating system, the Block V Receiver will dramatically reduce the volume of equipment at a tracking complex, yet will provide new capabilities with higher reliability. A digital demodulator is the core of the receiver. The system architecture is described. The complexity of the design requires extensive use of both computer aided engineering (CAE) tools and computer aided software engineering (CASE) tools to ensure success. CAE and CASE tools are being used to perform system simulation, hardware design and simulation, and software design, frame generation, and configuration control.<>

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; demodulators; digital radio systems; microcomputers; operating systems (computers); radio receivers; satellite ground stations; software tools; space communication links; telecommunications computing; Block V Receiver; CAE tools; CASE tools; GaAs; applications specific integrated circuits; computer aided engineering tools; computer aided software engineering tools; configuration control; deep space satellite communications; digital demodulator; frame generation; gallium arsenide; ground based receiver; hardware design; hardware simulation; real-time embedded operating system; sensitive digital receiver; single board computers; software design; system simulation; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computational modeling; Computer aided engineering; Computer aided software engineering; Embedded computing; Gallium arsenide; Operating systems; Real time systems; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1992. Conference Proceedings., Eleventh Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0605-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1992.200608

Filename

200608