Advanced SATCOM Systems and Operations
Our group develops innovative architectures for next-generation satellite communications (SATCOM) systems. We perform systems engineering on test beds and operational prototypes to enhance capabilities of communications satellites, line-of-sight radio communications systems, and free-space optical communications systems. Researchers in this group design waveforms that more efficiently use the frequency spectrum, which can prove crucial in military satellite communication. We also develop adaptive antenna beamforming and signal processing techniques to improve system performance.
Featured Projects
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.
Protected Antijam Tactical SATCOM
Satellite communications technologies enable the U.S. military to maintain connectivity in the field.
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Advancing Our Research
Featured Publications
Distributed multi-modal sensor system for searching a foliage-covered region
Apr 28
2011 IEEE Conf. on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA), 28 April 2011, pp. 7-14.
Design of an optical photon counting array receiver system for deep-space communications
Oct 1
Proc. of the IEEE, Vol. 95, No. 10, October 2007, pp. 2059-2069.
