A Wireless Communication and Positioning Experiment for the ISS Based on IR-UWB

Drobczyk, Martin; Strowik, Christian; Philpot, Claudia

doi:10.1109/wcnc.2017.7925487

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“…Focusing on wireless technologies in spacecraft applications, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) proved that the IR-UWB transmission technique is suitable for stringent electromagnetic requirements [ 14 ], as the study in [ 5 ] shows that UWB technology overcomes the effects of a highly reflexive medium. The study considered a wireless experiment for localization and moving-object tracking deployed in the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS).…”

Section: State Of the Art Of Uwb (Ultra-wideband) Communicationsmentioning

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SpaceWire-to-UWB Wireless Interface Units for Intra-spacecraft Communication Links

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Drobczyk

Firchau

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Sensors

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In the context of the Eu:CROPIS mission requirements, this paper aims to test and validate an intra-spacecraft wireless transmission carried between two SpW-to-UWB Wireless Interface Units (WIUs). The WIUs are designed to replace the on-board SpaceWire (SpW) connections of a spacecraft network. The novelty of this solution resides in prototyping and testing proprietary TRL6 WIUs for the implementation of both PDHU and CDHU units, which constitute a spacecraft network. The validation test scenarios employed in this paper were designed under the Eu:CROPIS mission system requirements as defined by the WiSAT-3 European Space Agency (ESA)-funded project. The SpW-to-UWB WIUs run a custom-built ISA100 over an IEEE 802.15.4 UWB PHY layer communication stack. The WIUs are evaluated based on four mission-specific performance test scenarios: (1) the link setup test, (2) the end-to-end delay test, (3) the maximum data rate test and (4) the housekeeping test. The validation test scenarios of the WIUs are carried out with the use of STAR-Dundee SpW-capable equipment. The test results demonstrate the reliability of the deployed SpW-to-UWB WIUs devices for UWB wireless communications carried out within a space shuttle. The SpW data were successfully transmitted across the intra-spacecraft wireless network in all experimental tests. The technology can be considered to be at the maturity level TRL6 (functionality demonstrated in relevant environment) for LEO missions.

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SpaceWire-to-UWB Wireless Interface Units for Intra-spacecraft Communication Links

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Drobczyk

Firchau

et al. 2023

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“…So generally an embedded hybrid system can be used for the testing purposes in an aircraft such that the FDR and CVR data are transferred wirelessly to a ground station and the cloud facility available in the nearby place as well as can be transferred to International Space Station reserved for the testing purpose just like we used to send and receive radio signal at 145.80MHz (Drobczyk et al, 2017). Hence the data is store in either of the platform fully encrypted now a code is previously generated to decrypt the data that is send through the aircraft and the investigation is completed.…”

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A Broad Perspective on Cloud Integrated Flight Data Recorder

Chaudhary

Singh

Sharma

2022

Nepal Journal of Science and Technology

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The history of air traffic, whether its about the safety or the qualitative inspection of the several sensors and interconnected mechanical parts, is well known. Hence, the efforts applied through the research and analysis of several engineers profoundly made the air traffic investigation safer and more comfortable. As a result,the flight investigation of whether the lost aircraft or the airplane’s found wreckage has become more secure and convenient than in the Past. The use of light and advanced materials, the development of excellent communication equipment, and the rapid development of the aviation sector have played a crucial role in increasing its safety and reach to the general public, and so do the several challenges associated with the aviation sector. As a result, there has been much research regarding the air traffic investigation with the help of advanced sensor and better software that can simulate and even predict the dangers provided by several parameters helping in the investigation and exploring better sides of safety. The accident can be prevented with the help of improvements provided based on accurate analysis of previous air accidents. In modern aircraft, there is a device called the Black Box which helps analyze and investigate. For example, after Malaysian flight MH370’s disappearance, the airline again felt to upgrade the black box to a new working standard of the cloud-based technology. Currently, there are many cloud storage services worldwide such as GOOGLE, APPLE, AMAZON, MICROSOFT etc. After this accident and similar previous aircraft disappearances from different parts of the world, researchers finally decided to test steaming to nearby air traffic services and storing flight data in remote cloud storage. This study attempts to compile the worldwide efforts in the cloud-integrated flight data recorder (CIFDR) field. This research primarily focuses on different ways of storing data on cloud-based technology. The different trend worldwide approaches and different means applied to test this system without hindering the associated safety of the data going through encryption and decryption. Recently there has been a proliferation of internet facilities in flight. Although it is still in its infancy phase, the flight data can be sent to remote servers by improving this technique. Many challenges in transmitting flight data in real-time need to be overcome before commercializing this technique.

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“…DLR's works() present a wireless communication and positioning experiment (wireless compose) for the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module. The considered WSN used the IEEE 802.15.4a UWB technology to provide a multipath immune transmission inside a highly reflective enclosure and minimize interference with RF sensitive systems on board the ISS.…”

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“…In this context, the scope of this paper is to present the prototyping of an intra‐spacecraft UWB wireless solution that meets the system requirements of the Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic Food Production in Space (Eu:CROPIS) mission . Moreover, the solution is validated for real traffic generated by on‐board and payload instrumentation, raising the technical readiness level (TRL) from the proof‐of‐concept level (TRL3) reached in WiSAT‐1() and Wireless Compose() research projects, to the functional verification level in a laboratory environment (TRL4).…”

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A UWB solution for wireless intra‐spacecraft transmissions of sensor and SpaceWire data

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Drobczyk

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Satell Commun Network

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Summary This paper presents the design, testing, and validation of a ultra‐wideband (UWB) wireless solution to replace wired intra‐spacecraft communications with wireless communications. The system requirements are provided in the framework of the Eu:CROPIS mission and the wired intra‐spacecraft communication system is replaced with a two‐segment wireless network. As such, distinct sets of UWB gateways and nodes are prototyped to interface with the on‐board entities and properly handle the data transmission in the resulting spacecraft and payload wireless networks. To accomplish these tasks, a custom radio module integrated into the prototypes was designed to provide the appropriate UWB RF front‐end and run a custom‐built communication stack. The viability of the solution was tested in laboratory conditions. For the test scenarios, sensor data are acquired in the payload network and forwarded as SpaceWire packets over the spacecraft network. Experimental test results indicate the suitability of the proposed solution in terms of delay and data integrity for implementing intra‐spacecraft wireless communications.

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A Wireless Communication and Positioning Experiment for the ISS Based on IR-UWB

Cited by 13 publications

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SpaceWire-to-UWB Wireless Interface Units for Intra-spacecraft Communication Links

SpaceWire-to-UWB Wireless Interface Units for Intra-spacecraft Communication Links

A Broad Perspective on Cloud Integrated Flight Data Recorder

A UWB solution for wireless intra‐spacecraft transmissions of sensor and SpaceWire data

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