Extremely High Data Rate Communications (C03)

• Subject Area: Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering ; Communication Technology and Networks, High-Frequency Technology and Photonic Systems, Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Information Technology
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 516238647

To address the increasing demands for vertical and horizontal data traffic of individual satellites, formations and constellations in VLEO, the use of communication techniques with extremely high data rates in the high millimetre-wave frequency range between 40 and 110 GHz will be investigated. The research questions in this project include the dynamic calculation of link budgets, an evaluation of the boundary conditions in operation, the achievable performance of key components and a comparison with laser-based transceivers.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1667: Advancing Technologies of Very Low Altitude Satellites (ATLAS)
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Ingmar Kallfass