Link budget calculation in optical LEO satellite downlinks with on/off‐keying and large signal divergence: A simplified methodology

D Giggenbach, MT Knopp… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Direct‐to‐Earth transmissions with optical on/off‐keying are becoming the method of choice
to realize telemetry downlinks from low Earth orbit satellites at highest data‐rates. Here, we …

Review on free-space optical communications for delay and disruption tolerant networks

M Goncalves Teixeira, JR Molina, VNGJ Soares - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increase of data-rates that are provided by free-space optical (FSO) communications is
essential in our data-driven society. When used in satellite and interplanetary networks …

Update on the German and Australasian Optical Ground Station Networks

NJ Rattenbury, J Ashby, F Bennet, M Birch… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Networks of ground stations designed to transmit and receive at optical wavelengths through
the atmosphere offer an opportunity to provide on-demand, high-bandwidth, secure …

Towards Generic Planning of Optical Links

A Fürbacher, T Fruth, MT Wörle, J Krenss, M Dauth… - 2023 - elib.dlr.de
The paper at hand presents our concept for upcoming space-ground optical Mission
Planning systems at DLR GSOC. In cooperation with TESAT we have more than 15 years of …

Optical Ground Station for Free-Space Optical Communication Research and Experimentation

RT Schwarz, MT Knopp, H Le Son… - … Networks; 24th ITG …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Free-space optical (FSO) communication based on laser technology is a promising
opportunity for the nextgeneration ultra-high data rate links from satellites to ground and vice …

Commissioning of the deployable optical ground station at Trauen

A Koehler, MT Knopp, A Ohndorf - … Conference on Remote …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The demand for satellite links with ever higher bandwidths continues to grow with the market
of Earth observation services. Free bands in the microwave spectrum are already a highly …