TY - GEN
T1 - Nvestigation of a ground station segment for NANO- Satellites using SDR approach
AU - Sanchez, Jesus
AU - Juang, Jyh-Chin
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - In NCKU, several CubeSats are under development for the purposes of engineering education, international cooperation, and scientific research. These satellites use FSK modulation and operate with a conventional ground station to achieve communication, which mainly consist in telemetry and telecommand. The ground station involves the use of an amateur radio transceiver and a TNC (Terminal Node Controller). This scheme works according to specifications, in which the system operates over the VHF or UHF amateur frequencies and uses FM or single side band mode modulation. To provide a flexible and upgradable ground station, a scalable SDR (Software Defined Radio) solution is being developed to facilitate a reconfigurable environment to communicate with these CubeSats. As minimal performance, the function of using currently simple schemes such as FSK communication in the UHF/VHF band is established to support the current projects. This paper outlines the ground station architecture with the emphasis on the use of SDR solution for the enhancement of functions. Copyright
AB - In NCKU, several CubeSats are under development for the purposes of engineering education, international cooperation, and scientific research. These satellites use FSK modulation and operate with a conventional ground station to achieve communication, which mainly consist in telemetry and telecommand. The ground station involves the use of an amateur radio transceiver and a TNC (Terminal Node Controller). This scheme works according to specifications, in which the system operates over the VHF or UHF amateur frequencies and uses FM or single side band mode modulation. To provide a flexible and upgradable ground station, a scalable SDR (Software Defined Radio) solution is being developed to facilitate a reconfigurable environment to communicate with these CubeSats. As minimal performance, the function of using currently simple schemes such as FSK communication in the UHF/VHF band is established to support the current projects. This paper outlines the ground station architecture with the emphasis on the use of SDR solution for the enhancement of functions. Copyright
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904697884
SN - 9781629939094
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
SP - 4268
EP - 4274
BT - 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, IAC 2013
PB - International Astronautical Federation, IAF
T2 - 64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, IAC 2013
Y2 - 23 September 2013 through 27 September 2013
ER -