Title :
A digital wideband receiver system for satellite monitoring and signal intelligence
Author :
Schlegel, Holger ; Perthold, Rainer
Author_Institution :
Innovationszentrum fur Telekommunikationstechnik GmbH, Erlangen
Abstract :
The paper describes the architecture, functionalities and performance of a digital wideband receiver capable of processing up to 100 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth with high dynamic range. Different from similar equipment, this receiver performs computation-intensive processing steps in firmware on powerful FPGAs, reducing the data rates and workload for subsequent software-based processing on PC Servers.
Keywords :
broadband networks; field programmable gate arrays; radio receivers; satellite communication; signal processing equipment; FPGA; computation-intensive processing steps; digital wideband receiver system; satellite monitoring; signal intelligence; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Dynamic range; Frequency; Monitoring; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Satellites; Signal detection; Wideband;
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.2008.4686704
