{"title":"Bit-Error-Rate measurement of infrared physical channel using reflection via Multi Layer Insulation inside in ARIANE 5 Vehicle Equipment Bay for wireless sensor network communication","authors":"Hendra Kesuma, Awais Ahmed, S. Paul, J. Sebald","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393099","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we investigate the Bit-Error-Rate (BER) of the Infrared (Ir) Communication inside the Vehicle Equipment Bay (VEB) of the ARIANE 5. Measurements were performed to find the impact of the reflection of the infrared signal via Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) on the infrared wireless sensor network (Ir WSN) communication in the VEB. The main focus is to find the relationship between the BER and the transmitting/receiving angle depending on variation of the Ir transmitter power. A further experiment was done by varying the transmission current with a constant angle for BER estimation without adding extra special signals (e.g. Additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN)) to the transmitter. Ambient white light from LEDs and 50 Hz fluorescent AC light was superimposed in the measurement to introduce additional noise for the infrared receiver into the physical channel.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"28 Spec No 1 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131674467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Collignon, Alexis Quement, Bruno Baron Picdi, B. Rmili, A. Espinosa
{"title":"RFID and RF harvesting wireless sensor network platform for launcher application","authors":"J. Collignon, Alexis Quement, Bruno Baron Picdi, B. Rmili, A. Espinosa","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393101","url":null,"abstract":"Following an article presented at WiSEE 2013, this paper presents a complete wireless sensor network based on UHF RFID technology, composed of an interrogator, a sensor tag and a radiofrequency energy harvesting system used to power the tag. The complete system has been designed for space launchers in vehicle wireless sensing using common sensors such as thermocouple, thermistor, strain gauge, pressure sensor... Equipped with its energy harvesting module, each sensor tag is able to acquire and transmit measurements at a distance of 5m from the interrogator without use of any kind of battery. Based on ISO/IEC 18000-63 standard, the specific interrogator benefits of a hardware design adapted to launcher environment, and a specific firmware made to boost the communication speed.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124410304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Arruego, Joaquín Rivas-Abalo, J. Martinez-Oter, A. Martín-Ortega, V. Apéstigue, J. Martín, J. J. Jiménez, F. J. Álvarez, M. González-Guerrero, J. Dominguez
{"title":"Practical application of the Optical Wireless communication technology (OWLS) in extreme environments","authors":"I. Arruego, Joaquín Rivas-Abalo, J. Martinez-Oter, A. Martín-Ortega, V. Apéstigue, J. Martín, J. J. Jiménez, F. J. Álvarez, M. González-Guerrero, J. Dominguez","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7392981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7392981","url":null,"abstract":"Since 2000, the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technique (INTA) has been developing the so-called OWLS technology (Optical Wireless Links for intra-Spacecraft communications). After a number of ground-demonstrations, technological developments, and in-orbit experiments, the time was ripe for a new step: the transition from the experimental to the “platform” technology. This is where the highest TRL has been achieved. OWLS has been recently applied to (A) the On Board Data Handling subsystem of OPTOS, the first fully wireless satellite, and (B) addressing the communication challenge between a sensor and a meteorological station on the Martian surface, within the Mars MetNet Precursor Mission.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127685285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employing phase-conjugation antenna array to beam microwave power from satellite to earth","authors":"Xin Wang, Xinbin Hou, Li Wang, Mingyu Lu","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393093","url":null,"abstract":"This paper conducts theoretical study on employing phase-conjugation antenna array to beam microwave power from satellite to earth in the context of space solar power (SSP) applications. Our analysis reveals that, the phase-conjugation array must have aperture dimension greater than 1 km × 1 km in order to be applicable to practical SSP systems. Moreover, antenna array with such a large size does not behave as a conventional phased array, in that the power receiver on earth resides in the array's Fresnel region rather than far-field region.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114795046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single number Life Cycle Assessment of space based solar power","authors":"Joshua Gigantino","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393095","url":null,"abstract":"Competitive single-number Life Cycle Assessment is performed between existing and near-term electrical power plants at the infrastructure level. The focus is on an alternative to current electrical power production in the US in the form of Earth-orbiting Solar Power Satellites Two. This modernized SPS2 theoretical architecture is compared to Combined Cycle Natural Gas and terrestrial solar photovoltaic fields at 5GW capacity as delivered on-site. The SPS2 configuration presented is a modest, research-driven modification to a standard model that assumes medium-high technological readiness levels for equipment and employs predicted launch costs and capacity.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127114402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation and experiments of ultra-wideband radio propagation within closed boxes for replacing wired interface buses in spacecrafts","authors":"Tsubasa Matsushita, A. Tomiki, Takehiko Kobayashi","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393100","url":null,"abstract":"Ultra-wideband (UWB) signal propagation was simulated and experimented within closed boxes with various inner volume, with a view to replace (at least partly) wired onboard data buses with wireless communications. Since multipaths depend on inner volume, it is necessary to evaluate the propagation characteristics depending on volume. Frequency-domain responses (from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz) in some closed boxes emulating a small scientific satellite were simulated and measured with a vector network analyzer. The spatial distribution of UWB propagation and its parameters were derived from the measurements. The propagation gains did not apparently depend on the inner volume. On the other hand, delay spreads were found increase with the volume.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116989005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carrier synchronization in distributed MIMO satellite links","authors":"P. Savazzi, A. Vizziello","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7392990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7392990","url":null,"abstract":"Deep space communications could be advantageously accomplished by using distributed multiple-input, multiple-output (DMIMO) satellite links, as it has been outlined in the recent literature. One of the most critical issues is related to synchronizing both the carrier phase and frequency, affected by Doppler shift and frequency offset at local oscillators. In this work a solution for intermittent carrier and phase synchronization is proposed, considering a baseband scheme which is suitable for both software defined radio (SDR) platforms and hybrid analog-digital higher data rate systems.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122081456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated remote monitoring system for impact responses of aerospace structures","authors":"Sayan Roy, B. Braaten, Mijia Yang","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7392984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7392984","url":null,"abstract":"A Structural Health Monitoring system to detect and identify accidental impact on the surface of any aerospace structure is developed and presented in this paper. Specifically, during an event of impact, a Non Destructive Damage Assessment & Location Estimation is incorporated to estimate the coordinates of the impact from an array of sensor information. A wireless communication system is also proposed here for transmitting the sensor information to any remote site for monitoring purpose. The proposed communication system is integrated on a prototype surface and tested for an in-lab environment. It is shown to be capable of transmitting location, time and magnitude information to a remote location in real-time.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122090829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Fraire, P. Madoery, J. Finochietto, G. Leguizamón
{"title":"Preliminary results of an evolutionary approach towards Contact Plan design for satellite DTNs","authors":"J. Fraire, P. Madoery, J. Finochietto, G. Leguizamón","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393097","url":null,"abstract":"Delay and disruption tolerant networks (DTNs) are becoming an appealing solution for extending Internet boundaries so as to embrace disruptive communications. In particular, if node trajectory and orientation can be predicted as in satellite networks, routing schemes can take advantage of the a-priori knowledge of a contact plan comprising the forthcoming communications opportunities. However, the design of such a plan need to consider both available spacecraft resources and the expected traffic which is largely foreseeable in space applications. In this context, the existing Traffic-Aware Contact Plan (TACP) procedure exploits this properties, but the computation complexity of its theoretical formulation results prohibitive for real satellite applications. As a result, we propose CPD-EA: a genetic algorithm to provide sub-optimal yet efficient and implementable contact plans in reasonable time. In particular, we describe the algorithm strategies and evaluate its preliminary performance in a realistic Low Earth Orbit (LEO) scenario demonstrating it usefulness for planning future DTN-based satellite networks.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"420 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116243935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weighted OFDMA time-frequency synchronization for space solar power LEO satellites networks: Performance and cost analysis","authors":"M. Jamalabdollahi, S. Zekavat","doi":"10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393094","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a novel time and frequency synchronization technique for space solar power (SSP) satellite networks accomplished by weighted OFDMA sub-carrier training signal scheme. Exploiting OFDMA sub-carriers allows controlling the training signal bandwidth, which reduces the signal dispersion effects imposed by atmospheric layers. Here, we propose the procedure of estimating the weights for each OFDMA subcarrier that optimize an objective function key to the coarse time synchronization. Once time synchronization is complete, the carrier frequency offset that is due to the Doppler effect due to the movement of satellites is estimated exploiting the recursive least square (RLS) algorithm considering unknown channel impulse response (CIR). Analytical and simulation results confirm that the proposed scheme attains fast convergence, high stability, and ideal performances when compared to the relevant Cramer-Rao lower bounds in all ranges of signal-to-noise ratio.","PeriodicalId":284692,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127153967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}