High-Data-Rate Radio-Frequency (RF) Crosslink Transceiver

ABSTRACT: The objective of this solicitation is to develop and demonstrate a crosslink transceiver capable of high data rates. The transceiver must be designed to handle the radiation environment found on a GEO orbit for a 20 year mission. In addition, the communication link must be designed to have significant link margin to be able to penetrate the nuclear channel. The data rate and coding gain would be adjustable depending on the BER detected by the receiver. BENEFIT: The military will benefit from having a reliable high speed GEO cross link. This would allow the US military to have high speed world wide communications even when trying to communicate through a nuclear channel. The same radio could be also used in any commercial satellite application requiring a direct RF link between satellites.