Bandwidth Efficient SATCOM Waveform Techniques

Spectral efficient waveforms allow for more users to share a precious resource of allocated spectrum for space communications. Designing waveforms which are able to perform simultaneously perform tracking of the vehicle as well as passing data will yield significant advantages to the satellite operator. Further, tailoring the complexity of the waveform and data link will enable usage on CubeSats and NanoSats where SWaP (Size, weigth and Power) are severely limited. BENEFIT: The benefit of this effort is the ability to communicate with closely spaced clusters of space vehicles while maintaining position and velocity measurements. The project address the form factor issues and power consumption of small space vehicles such as CubeSats and NanoSatellites.