Personal Satellite Services. Third International ICST Conference, PSATS 2011, Malaga, Spain, February 17-18, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Blind Demodulation Framework for Satellite Signals

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-23825-3_22,
        author={Markus Flohberger and Wilfried Gappmair and Otto Koudelka},
        title={Blind Demodulation Framework for Satellite Signals},
        proceedings={Personal Satellite Services. Third International ICST Conference, PSATS 2011, Malaga, Spain, February 17-18, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={PSATS},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={synchronization blind demodulation software-defined radio satellite communications},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-23825-3_22}
    }
    
  • Markus Flohberger
    Wilfried Gappmair
    Otto Koudelka
    Year: 2012
    Blind Demodulation Framework for Satellite Signals
    PSATS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23825-3_22
Markus Flohberger1,*, Wilfried Gappmair1, Otto Koudelka1
  • 1: Graz University of Technology
*Contact email: Markus.Flohberger@TUGraz.at

Abstract

With the growing amount of satellite traffic an efficient usage of the existing resources, i.e. geostationary arc and available frequency bands, is mandatory. Therefore appropriate monitoring techniques are of paramount importance for reasonable operation of satellite networks. The increase in available computational power enables signal processing tasks that were not even thinkable a decade ago. So it is proposed to apply blind demodulation techniques, suited for implementation on software-defined radio (SDR) platforms, for carrying out the required monitoring tasks. The incorporated algorithms are presented, including performance comparison and remarks on efficient implementation. Finally, the demodulation capabilities of the introduced framework are assessed in terms of the error vector magnitude (EVM).