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Objectives
The SYPRUS proposal, led by Airbus Defence and Space SAS, aims at supporting the pre-development activities of a Flexible Radio-Digital Signal Processing (R-DSP) module for low cost / low bandwidth applications, up to completion and test of an elegant breadboard, with a corresponding system test bed to allow end-to-end functional chain validation with representative mission scenarii. The R-DSP module includes a flexible RF front-end and a processing core, fully programmable from the ground, and to be integrated in a flight application. This is constituting the core part of Software Defined Radio (SDR) payloads.
Challenges
Software Defined Radio Payloads are emerging, building on COTS now available (intensively used in terrestrial networks) and offering powerfull, highly integrated and flexible solutions for Transceivers and DSPs.
This allows to think RF payloads differently, around a generic / programmable SDR equipment, allowing to address low bandwith missions, with on-board processing as needed, in a cost efficient way.
Still, the key COTS shall be selected carefully, with some space qualification activities, and used within a suitable overall architecture having the potential to serve such applications on small LEO platforms, with the required availability and quality of service.
System Architecture
See project objectives and product features, the product detailed architecture is confidential.
Plan
The project has started in August 2015 et has been completed end 2018, with an Elegant Breadboard of the product full developed and tested.
Current Status
AIRBUS Elancourt PCPU has completed SYPRUS board test
Last milestone granted
