SATCOM Wideband Digital Channelized Receiver System-on-Chip (SoC) with Low-cost Silicon Technology

ABSTRACT:Recent demand for broadband satellite communications (SATCOM) has risen sharply for both the defense and commercial sectors. Tactical SATCOM, such as, AEHF, and GBS, require increasingly high capacity to support DoD's C4ISR requirements, while on the other hand, civilian applications require high capacity to support high definition multimedia broadcasting, and high-speed internet access. To support the increasing demand in capacity, SATCOM payloads must provide wideband transponders to allow SATCOM terminals to communicate over multiple beams and multiple bands with channelized fan-out multicast and fan-in aggregation capabilities. The proposed research focuses on the development of a low-cost wideband digital channelized receiver to reduce the SWaP and cost for future high-capacity SATCOM payloads.BENEFIT:This research will produce a prototype that will enable low SWaP and cost for SATCOM payloads, gateways, hubs, and terminals.