Portable Universal Ground Processing Unit

"Technologies for radio frequncy (RF, intermediate frequency (IF) and baseband signal processing and methods for data distribution have rapidly advanced over the past few years. These technologies have advanced to the point where significant reductions insize, weight and power can be realized over traditional satellite ground station implementations. A portable, universal ground processing unit (PUGPU) for satellite command and control remote terminals is within the realm of today's technology and couldeasily be made available to the many users and designers of satellite command and control remote terminal ground stations. With advances in digital signal processing techniques, a single core set of hardware & software should be able to support multiple types of satellite missions without affecting the basic hardware. This SBIR should show that ground support missions forMilitary, Civil and Commercial satellites could be supported by a small footprint, common IF, Baseband and networking element.For Phase I of the research, RT Logic will establish a baseline of RF, IF, baseband and networking requirements derived from USAF, NASA, NOAA and Commercial remote terminal specifications. RT Logic will go on to investigate, survey, evaluate, analyze andcompare available COTS products, technologies and common intermediate frequencies to determine an optimum approach and cost for implementing a PUGPU capable of handling the preponderance of th