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Development of Cooperative Communication Techniques for a Network of Small Satellites and Cubesats in Deep SpaceThis paper aims to address this problem by proposing cooperative communication approaches in which multiple CubeSats communicate cooperatively together to improve the link performance with respect to the case of a single satellite transmitting. Three approaches are proposed: a beam-forming approach, a coding approach, and a network approach. The approaches are applied to the specific case of a proposed constellation of CubeSats at the Lunar Lagrangian point L1 which aims to perform radio astronomy at very low frequencies (30 KHz -3 MHz). The paper describes the development of the approaches, the simulation and a graphical user interface developed in Matlab which allows to perform trade-offs across multiple constellation's configurations.
Document ID
20160009645
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Babuscia, Alessandra
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cheung, Kar-Ming
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Divsalar, Dariush
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lee, Charles
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 1, 2016
Publication Date
September 29, 2014
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Report/Patent Number
IAC-14-B2.3.3
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Astronautical Congress
Location: Toronto
Country: Canada
Start Date: September 29, 2014
End Date: October 3, 2014
Sponsors: International Astronautical Federation
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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