“Make your communications faster and safer”
The Digital Signal Processing Competence Center tries to answer the challenge of maintaining a strong position for telecommunication systems and satellite observation in the European industry. It allows the whole value chain of the space industry (operators, System Manufacturer, equipment suppliers and component suppliers) to develop their market by reducing the risks connected to the introduction of new technologies and favoring standardization initiatives.
It focuses on digital technologies used in broadband telecommunications on optical support and radio, and on remote detection of radio signals and image acquisition. It also helps meet the challenges of an increase in the frequency of communications and the rarefication of radio resources due to bandwidth requirements. This covers their integration within telecommunications and observation systems. In order to respond to 5G or Internet of Things requirements, the center builds the technological blocks needed to optimize system performance, both in terms of transmission layers in the form of a processing chain, and in terms of network layers through introduction of virtualization technologies (NFV[1]) and network programming (SDN[2]). For future broadband transmissions, the center is working on the use of free-space optical communication (FSO) offering an abundant spectrum resource.
The applications concerned are the broadcasting of content by satellite, access to broadband multimedia systems for all (video, sound, internet), universal support of Internet of Things with worldwide cover and an optimized and more direct access to images for professional requirements.
[1] Network Function Virtualization
[2] Software Defined Network
R&T Fields
- The use of radio-over-fiber for validation of payload.
- Assessment of transmission system performance by overall EVM[1]-type measurements.
[1] Error Vector Magnitude
OUR OFFER
- Increase in technological maturity by testing the technologies in representative environments of the targeted applications, before transfer to the industrialists.
- Hardware and software platforms documented for development of the functional chains and their validation (simulators, SDR[1] and SDN[2] emulators).
- Technical documentation accompanying the specification, design and validation work.
- Thesis reports, scientific publications.
- Patents.
- Mock-ups and prototypes of functional chains serving as an implementation of reference.
- Proposals for standardization organizations.
- Supports for the transfer of results: videos, training, theme-based workshops.
- Trained personnel made available to facilitate transfer of knowledge to the industry.
[1] Software Defined Radio
[2] Software Defined Networking
Videos
Free space laser communications: the future of satellite broadband services
Communications par satellite à haut débit/haute efficacité spectrale
Chaine de communication optique à travers l'atmosphère, K. Elayoub, IRT Saint Exupéry / ISAE-SUPAERO
Compensation des effets de la turbulence atmosphérique, A.-R. Camboulives, IRT Saint Exupéry/Onéra
News
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31/05/2020
[Portrait 12] Maud-Alix Mader, expert in deep learning, develops hybrid models between physics and AI
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28/04/2020
OPS-SAT : AI in the stars – An Article by Members
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10/02/2020
IRT Saint Exupéry team won 2 paper awards @ERTS2020 congress!
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31/10/2019
[Portrait 07] Mathieu Picard, specialist in artificial intelligence applied to mission planning for earth observation satellites
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12/06/2019
Karim Elayoubi defended his thesis on optical links through the atmosphere
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13/05/2019
IRT PhD students visited aerospace companies in Bordeaux
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19/04/2019
[Portrait 02] Olivier Liandrat, computer science engineer in image processing and machine learning
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15/04/2019
[PRESS] International Aerospace Week – Québec highlights the start of 3 projects contributing to the growth of the aerospace industry