Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2003

Abstract

We describe a communication channel for a microwave-propelled sail, a novel concept for a deep-space scientific probe. We suggest techniques to recover the great loss introduced by the large distances, and we have conducted various simulations to understand the effects on the performance of the system. Possible disruption in the channel by high-energy solar flares, which increase the error in the estimation of the received signal, is accounted for. We developed the simulation for a full communication system on an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel, including the random-time solar-flare disturbance. We show that turbo codes can be exploited that perform very well at low SNRs and have high coding gain.

Publisher

IEEE

Publication Title

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

ISSN

1045-9243

Volume

45

Issue

4

First Page

111

Last Page

122

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2003.1241321

Language (ISO)

English

Sponsorship

IEEE

Keywords

Space vehicle communication, space vehicle antennas, space vehicle telemetry, Gaussian channels, Gaussian noise, space vehicle propulsion

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