Since their dawning, space communications have been among the strongest driving applications for the development of error correcting codes. Indeed, space-to-Earth telemetry (TM) links have extensively exploited advanced coding schemes, from convolutional codes to Reed-Solomon codes (also in concatenated form) and, more recently, from turbo codes to low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. The efficiency of these schemes has been extensively proved in several papers and reports. The situation is a bit different for Earth-to-space telecommand (TC) links. Space TCs must reliably convey control information as well as software patches from Earth control centers to scientific payload instruments and engineering equipment onboard (O/B) spacecraft. The success of a mission may be compromised because of an error corrupting a TC message: a detected error causing no execution or, even worse, an undetected error causing a wrong execution. This imposes strict constraints on the maximum acceptable detected and undetected error rates.


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    Title :

    State-of-the-art space mission telecommand receivers


    Contributors:
    Baldi, M. (author) / Bertinelli, M. (author) / Chiaraluce, F. (author) / Closas, P. (author) / Dhakal, P. (author) / Garello, R. (author) / Maturo, N. (author) / Navarro, M. (author) / Palomo, J. M. (author) / Paolini, E. (author)


    Publication date :

    2017-06-01


    Size :

    2402515 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





    PCM telecommand standard

    European Space Research and Technology Centre, Data Handling & Signal Processing Division | TIBKAT | 1978