Description
The objective of this activity is to develop and demonstrate in the field a receiver terminal implementing the newly defined DVB Carrier-ID standard (DVB-CID) for the detection and demodulation of multiple transmitting carriers.
Targeted Improvements:
The proposed activity will demonstrate in a realistic satellite environment the effectiveness of the DVB-CID technologies for the detection of unintentional jammers. This activity will be instrumental for generating new market opportunities for European modem manufacturers.
Description:
The DVB-CID technology has been recently standardized (May 2013) with the purpose of detecting the presence of unintentional sources of interference coming from DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) or others. In fact, one of the main sources of service interruptions in broadcasting or professional communication links is the presence of unintentional interferers which are accidentally transmitting towards another transponder (e.g., erroneous dish pointing, broken BUC –block upconverter- sweeping in frequency).
The DVB-CID consists in a mandatory spread-spectrum signal to be transmitted by all new satellite modulator equipments in order to allow their identification.
The purpose of this activity will be to implement the required receiver technologies to detect multiple DVB-CID signals, and verify the effectiveness of current technologies in realistic interference scenario. The activity will be instrumental to enhance and improve the capability for detecting the presence of unwanted transmitter signatures. Concerning the generation of DVB-CID signals, the available products in the market will be used to set up the test-bed for the end-to-end validation campaign.
The activity shall define the typical scenarios of disrupted broadcasting channels. These scenarios will be instrumental to determine the requirements of the DVB-CID demodulators. The successive step will be the hardware implementation of the spread spectrum techniques for the correct and robust detection of the different transmitted signals. Finally, the activity shall include a field demonstration of the effectiveness of the developed technologies in the DVB-CID receiver to meet the challenges of typical satellite scenarios with unintentional jammers.
Procurement Policy: C(1) = Activity restricted to non-prime contractors (incl. SMEs). For additional information please go to EMITS news "Industrial Policy measures for non-primes, SMEs and R&D entities in ESA programmes".
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