Session
Technical Poster Session 3: Communications
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
Software Modem Architecture
Receivers typically have 3 components: a digitizer to digitize the signal, a digital signal processor to demodulate and decode it and a front-end processor to handle frame and packet level processing.
The digitizer receives analogue input, so it has to be a hardware device. Blink implements everything else as high-performance software, making it extremely quick to extend and customise for new missions, as well as cost-competitive. In addition, all 3 components are completely independent an can work together with third party digitizers or modems.
This is only possible because Blink is the fastest software receiver in the world, achieving information rates in excess of 1 Gb/s, i.e. receiving a full X-band channel at 32APSK on a single machine.
A New Gigabit Software Modem and its Cloud Deployment: Concept and Capabilities
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Software Modem Architecture
Receivers typically have 3 components: a digitizer to digitize the signal, a digital signal processor to demodulate and decode it and a front-end processor to handle frame and packet level processing.
The digitizer receives analogue input, so it has to be a hardware device. Blink implements everything else as high-performance software, making it extremely quick to extend and customise for new missions, as well as cost-competitive. In addition, all 3 components are completely independent an can work together with third party digitizers or modems.
This is only possible because Blink is the fastest software receiver in the world, achieving information rates in excess of 1 Gb/s, i.e. receiving a full X-band channel at 32APSK on a single machine.
