Modular FPGA-based software defined radio for CubeSats

Author

Olivieri, S.J. ; Aarestad, Jim ; Pollard, L.H. ; Wyglinski, Alexander M. ; Kief, C. ; Erwin, R. Scott

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., Worcester, MA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

10-15 June 2012

Firstpage

3229

Lastpage

3233

Abstract

In this paper, we present an adaptive digital communication system using field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. This system adapts the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) to better suit the space and power limitations of the CubeSat satellite form factor and the Space Plug-and-Play Avionics (SPA) protocol. The result is a highly-adaptive, plug and play software-defined radio (SDR) that is easily incorporated into any CubeSat design.

Keywords

avionics; digital communication; field programmable gate arrays; satellite communication; software radio; CubeSat satellite form factor; SPA protocol; USRP; adaptive digital communication system; field programmable gate array; modular FPGA; software defined radio; space plug-and-play avionics; universal software radio peripheral; Aerospace electronics; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Hardware design languages; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

ISSN

1550-3607

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2052-9

Electronic_ISBN

1550-3607

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2012.6364524

Filename

6364524