Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953783
