Satellite Communications Techniques Group
The research group Satellite Communications Techniques is concerned with new transmission techniques and new concepts for future satellite communications systems. Main targets are the improvement of bandwidth and power efficiency, the improvement of transmission quality, higher throughput and data rates, and the development of new application areas. All kinds of satellite systems are taken into account, mobile and broadband systems, systems for commercial or governmental use, or systems for space exploration.
Research areas of our group are:
- Channel characterization, link budget and interference analysis for Mobile and Broadband SatComs
- L, S, Ku-Band, Ka-Band and higher Frequency Bands
- Fade Mitigation Techniques for Satellite Systems
- Adaptive Coding and Modulation
- Diversity Methods
- Burst Error Correction for Files
- Interference Management
- Pre-Coding
- Interference Cancellation
- Ressourcenmanagement zur Interferenzreduktion
- On-Board Switching
- Air Interface and Receiver Design
- Equalization
- Cross-Polarization Interference Cancellation
- Protocol Design and Verification
- MAC Layer
- Network Coding
- Routing and Network Management for Satellite Constellations with Inter-Satellite Links
- Very High Throughput Satellite Systems
- GEO Data Relais
- SDR and FPGA Testbeds
Links and more Information
Hi-SIDE
Development and demonstration of satellite data chain technologies to improve on-board data processing and support high-speed data transmission for future applications.
SURFMLT
Network technologies for broadband Internet via global satellite networks - Communication between network nodes via laser systems
SYNLINE
New methods for fast satellite data transmission - laying the foundations for modem technology to make better use of satellite transponders