{"title":"Spacecraft Wireless System Performance Degradation due to Impedance Mismatch in Cables and Connectors","authors":"C. Lansdowne, S. Hwu, D. Fogleman, K. Desilva","doi":"10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724536","url":null,"abstract":"Existing cables and connectors between external antennas and internal radios need to be used when retrofitting a deployed space habitat with new wireless communication standards. Electrical performance specifications for these may not have anticipated modern frequencies and data rates, and selection can have been driven by other factors such as vacuum performance of penetrations, and ease of connection and disconnection by a suited astronaut in vacuum. Older cables and connectors could crack and fray with time or degrade due to environmental extremes. Then the radio signals may encounter multiple reflections due to the impedance mismatches within the degraded cables and connectors. This may cause signal distortion and thus degrade the wireless system performance. Performance of the assembled cables cannot be tested on the ground because some segments are already installed in the habitat and a hardware emulator likely would not have identical reflection coefficients. And performance of degraded cables is speculative. Then stochastic investigation becomes necessary, to characterize the probability that a combination of reflections will occur that would so distort the signal as to degrade performance. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mismatch effects of the cables and connectors numerically by using electromagnetic modeling techniques. A computational modeling method used to analyze the impedance mismatch effects for a wireless communication system is presented in this paper. Hardware in the loop is then used to evaluate a pair of actual proprietary receiver implementations against a large sample of possible cable distortions and so quantify technical risk.","PeriodicalId":313665,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Topical Workshop on Internet of Space (TWIOS)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125266790","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":"[TWIOS 2019 Breaker page]","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/twios.2019.8724525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/twios.2019.8724525","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":313665,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Topical Workshop on Internet of Space (TWIOS)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123536602","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":"Dynamic space link design and verification of the spinning spacecraft mission Eu:CROPIS","authors":"J. Budroweit, M. Drobczyk","doi":"10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724541","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a dynamical link budget approach for the verification of the communication subsystem of the Eu:CROPIS (Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic Food Production in Space) satellite. Eu:CROPIS is a spin-stabilized satellite, which simulates the gravitational fields of Moon and Mars for on-board performed astrobiological research. For this reason, spin rates of up to 30rpm are obtained, which exert influence on the communication link between the satellite and the ground stations. From ground station perspective, the satellite antenna’s far-field behaves dynamic, including amplitude variations and phase rotations. Both effects degrade the link quality and might lead to an abort of communication. With respect to satellite orbit parameters (e.g. orbit attitude and pointing direction) a dynamic link budget analysis and verification is performed, to ensure a stable communication link between the satellite and ground station under the defined worst case conditions. In this paper we introduce the evaluation and verification process to test the receiver electronics, by emulating the communication link with the pre-measured far-field pattern of the satellite antenna system and simulated orbit parameters.","PeriodicalId":313665,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Topical Workshop on Internet of Space (TWIOS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125310423","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":"Integrated Doherty power amplifiers for satellite systems: challenges and solutions","authors":"V. Camarchia, A. Piacibello, R. Quaglia","doi":"10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724532","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the possible exploitation of the Doherty technique, very popular in mobile communication applications, in the design of integrated power amplifiers for satellite systems. The work focusses on the advantages and disadvantages of Doherty power amplifiers compared to other solutions, by presenting the specific features of the Doherty design in the framework of the very demanding requirements of space applications. In particular, satellite applications in the millimetre-wave spectrum are strong candidates for utilising integrated Doherty power amplifiers. In that context, the intrinsic limitation of the Doherty technique at millimetre-wave frequencies will be discussed, presenting solutions in terms of technology and design to improve gain, bandwidth, efficiency, and linearity. Some state-of-the-art examples are shown and analyzed, emphasizing the most relevant results achieved so far.","PeriodicalId":313665,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Topical Workshop on Internet of Space (TWIOS)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117316190","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}
N. Anagnostopoulos, Yufan Fan, T. Arul, Ravi Sarangdhar, S. Katzenbeisser
{"title":"Lightweight security solutions for IoT implementations in space","authors":"N. Anagnostopoulos, Yufan Fan, T. Arul, Ravi Sarangdhar, S. Katzenbeisser","doi":"10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8771257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8771257","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) devices have been gaining a foothold in space applications, due to their relatively low cost. Such devices can be used to implement a segment of the Internet of Things (IoT) in space. Nevertheless, as the cost of space missions still remains relatively high and space applications can potentially have significant effects on a global scale, these devices need to be adequately secured. However, in order to keep the competitive advantages of using COTS devices in space applications, security solutions proposed for these devices should be cost-efficient and lightweight, while remaining practical and flexible. To this end, in this work, we examine whether schemes based on physical unclonable functions, which have these characteristics, can be used in the adverse conditions of space. In particular, we show that neither ambient temperature changes nor radiation can thwart the use of intrinsic memory-based PUFs for enhancing the security of IoT devices being employed in space applications.","PeriodicalId":313665,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Topical Workshop on Internet of Space (TWIOS)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133825142","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":"Ku-Band Dual Polarized Phased Array utilizing Silicon Beamforming Chipsets","authors":"J. Chieh, Everly Yeo, M. Kerber, R. Olsen","doi":"10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TWIOS.2019.8724517","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a Ku-Band (11 – 13 GHz) 64-element phased array utilizing commercially available silicon beamforming chipsets. The phased array is able to scan ±30° in both azimuth and elevation with less than 15 dB of cross-polarization. It supports linear vertical and horizontal polarizations as well as both transmit and receive modes utilizing half duplex operation. The array has a size of 4.2\" x 5.5\" and consumes 12.8 W in receive and 16 W in transmit.","PeriodicalId":313665,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Topical Workshop on Internet of Space (TWIOS)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133106462","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}