The Integrated Radio and Optical Communications (iROC) project at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Glenn Research Center is investigating the feasibility of a hybrid radio frequency (RF) and optical communication system for future deep space missions. As a part of this investigation, a test bed for a radio frequency (RF) and optical software defined radio (SDR) has been built. Receivers and modems for the NASA deep space optical waveform are not commercially available so a custom ground optical receiver system has been built. This paper documents the ground optical receiver, which is used in order to test the RF and optical SDR in a free space optical communications link.
An Optical Receiver Post-Processing System for the Integrated Radio and Optical Communications Software Defined Radio Test Bed
AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference ; 2016 ; Cleveland, OH, United States
2016-10-18
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