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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Laboratory Stories
At the Laboratory, I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with others who are diligent and seek insight into problems.
Swaroop Appadwedula
Signal Processing Researcher
Communication Systems
Advanced SATCOM Systems and Operations
Advancing Our Research
Featured Publications
Capacity bounds for frequency-hopped BPSK
Nov 29
2021 IEEE Military Communications Conf., MILCOM, 29 November - 2 December 2021.
Application of complex split-activation feedforward networks to beamforming
Oct 31
55th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC, 31 October - 3 November 2021.
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.
