Communications in Space with MATLAB

Overview

In this webinar, we provide an overview of MathWorks’ end-to-end, antenna-to-bits solution for Satellite Communications, introduce new standard-based functionality in MATLAB for modeling, simulation, implementation and testing of satellite communications systems. You can visualize and model satellite orbits and perform link budget analysis and access calculations. Together with Model-Based Design principle, you can prototype and test transceivers on popular SDR hardware as well as implement your system on embedded systems such as GPUs and FPGAs.   

Highlights

Through case studies and examples, you will learn how to:

• Use MATLAB to perform simulations for space scenarios:
  • Analyse line-of-sight access and compute link closures from satellites to ground stations or between satellites.
  • Simulate multi-hop communications links between two ground stations.
  • Analyse, design, and visualise link budgets for satellite communications.
• Design communication systems for space applications:
  • Analyse uplinks, downlinks, and crosslinks. Calculate link margins and availability.
  • Generate and demodulate DVB-S2, DVB-S2X, CCSDS, and GPS waveforms while including effects of RF front-end impairments and corrections.
  • Use propagation loss models and land mobile satellite (LMS) channels for link-level simulations.
• Implement your system on embedded hardware and ground station on the cloud.

About the Presenters

Ying Chen, MathWorks
Ying Chen is a Senior Application Engineer in the discipline of radar design, signal processing, and wireless communications. Ying has experience in both academic and industrial research institutions related to satellite communications and radar signal processing. Her research interests include RF front-end distortions, signal processing, and software-defined radio. Besides her research work, Ying has also worked on various industrial prototyping and field-tested projects including satellite communication systems, passive and active radar systems.

Satish Thokala, Industry Marketing Manager, MathWorks
Satish Thokala is Aerospace and Defense Industry manager at MathWorks. He has ~19 years of experience in teaching, public and private aerospace establishments including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Rockwell Collins. In his current role, he is responsible to analyze technology adoption in the Aerodef industry, and develop strategies to increase the adoption of Model-Based Design with MATLAB^® and Simulink^®. His area of expertise is Avionics systems for both military and civil aircrafts. Early in his career, Satish contributed to the design and development of communication radios and field trials of the same for Jaguar and MIG fighters. He led large engineering groups developing software for cockpit displays, engine control and participated in the DO-178 certification audits.