Artificial intelligence for satellite communication and non-terrestrial networks: A survey

G Fontanesi, F Ortíz, E Lagunas, VM Baeza… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper surveys the application and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Satellite
Communication (SatCom) and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN). We first present a …

Onboard processing in satellite communications using ai accelerators

F Ortiz, V Monzon Baeza, LM Garces-Socarras… - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Satellite communication (SatCom) systems operations centers currently require high human
intervention, which leads to increased operational expenditure (OPEX) and implicit latency …

Evaluation of the Multicore Performance Capabilities of the Next Generation Flight Computers

M Solé, J Wolf, I Rodriguez, A Jover… - 2023 IEEE/AIAA …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multicore architectures are currently under adoption in the aerospace domain, however their
software remains single-threaded. In this paper we argue about the benefits offered by …

ScOSA on the way to orbit: Reconfigurable high-performance computing for spacecraft

D Lüdtke, T Firchau, CG Cortes, A Lund… - 2023 IEEE Space …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing ScOSA (Scalable On-board Computing
for Space Avionics) as a distributed on-board computing architecture for future space …

Evaluation of SYCL's suitability for high-performance critical systems

CQ Peralta, MM Trompouki, L Kosmidis - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Upcoming safety critical systems require high performance processing, which can be
provided by multi-cores and embedded GPUs found in several Systems-on-chip (SoC) …

SPARROW: a low-cost hardware/software co-designed SIMD microarchitecture for AI operations in space processors

MS Bonet, L Kosmidis - 2022 Design, Automation & Test in …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently there is an increasing interest in the use of artificial intelligence for on-board
processing as indicated by the latest space missions, which cannot be satisfied by existing …

Functional and timing implications of transient faults in critical systems

A Kritikakou, P Nikolaou… - 2022 IEEE 28th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Embedded systems in critical domains, such as auto-motive, aviation, space domains, are
often required to guarantee both functional and temporal correctness. Considering transient …

The METASAT Hardware Platform: A High-Performance Multicore, AI SIMD and GPU RISC-V Platform for On-board Processing

L Kosmidis, M Solé, I Rodriguez, J Wolf… - 2023 European Data …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The METASAT Horizon Europe project which is funded by the European Commission and
started in January 2023, will enable model-based design methodologies in order to manage …

ADHA, an Agile Platform Enhancing New Satellite On-Board Data Processing Systems

O Mourra, F Siegle, D Steenari… - 2023 European Data …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing the on-board processing capabilities of satellites can lead to faster and more
efficient instrument data analysis, improved accuracy, reduced costs, reduced latency and …

Acceleration of Synthetic Aperture Radar for On-board Space Systems

M Solé, I Rodriguez-Ferrandez… - 2023 IEEE High …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is an increasing trend in modern space systems to move processing that until now
was transmitted to ground for processing, on board the satellite. Synthetic Aperture Radar …