

Communication Systems
Protecting U.S. military communications capabilities
We develop advanced systems and technology to enable the next generation of communications networks. Our work explores how to make satellite communications more resilient, how to make longer and faster laser datalinks to space, and how to improve tactical radios for soldiers.

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Featured Projects
TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD)
The laser communications payload has delivered terabytes of data from a satellite to Earth at record-breaking rates that will transform future science missions.
Laser Communications Relay Demonstration
Optical communications technologies decades in the making at Lincoln Laboratory were transferred to NASA for its first two-way laser relay communications system.
Balloon-Based Resilient Communications
High-altitude balloons used as beyond-line-of-sight relays would provide communications nodes if satellite communications could not offer coverage in contested environments.
Advanced ASIC System on Chip for CLASS
A power-efficient application-specific integrated circuit system on chip that performs up to 2 trillion computations per second has potential for use in mobile communication systems.
Laboratory Stories
Jenny Sun
Joshua Van Hook
Joseph Rottner
Shankar Ramakrishnan
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Featured Publications
Network performance of pLEO topologies in a high-inclination Walker Delta Satellite Constellation
Contingent routing using orbital geometry in proliferated low-earth-orbit satellite networks
Failure resilience in proliferated low earth orbit satellite network topologies
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Discover the exciting and challenging opportunities in Communication Systems.