A Networked Software-Defined Radio Telemetry Receiver

Abstract

This report discusses the implementation of a software-defined radio receiver for frequency-shift keying telemetry signals. The field-programmable gate array modifications and host software used to enable reliable telemetry frame decoding in a multireceiver distributed network framework are also presented in detail. The hardware infrastructure used to construct the network backbone for the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory flight test of its highly maneuverable airframe is also presented. The resulting aggregate frame error rate of three networked receivers is very low at 2.15%.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1103086

Entities

People

  • J. M. Zajicek
  • Jonathan M. Hallameyer
  • Mark D. Ilg
  • Michael L. Don
  • Mitchell J. Grabner
  • Rex Hall

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Decoding
  • Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Military Research
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Networks
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.