Session 3.6e Tutorial: “RF / Optical Direct to Earth SATCOM 101"
Tracks
| Thursday, November 17, 2022 |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Sutherland Theatre |
Speaker/s
Dr Gerald Bolding
Senior Scientist
Defence Science Technology
ABSTRACT
A relatively casual entry level session covering; - RF SATCOM basics - Optical Communications basics - Link budget differences (and noise environments) - Asymmetry in optical SATCOM (up/down) - The benefits and drawbacks of each (in general) and complementarity - Satellite motion relevance in optical SATCOM for LEO satellites - Emerging Optical standards - Coding approaches The session complements the emergence of Hybrid RF/Optical SATCOM as a developing capability and will be interactive with questions and responses.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Gerald Bolding received the B.Eng. (Electronic Engineering) degree with distinction from the South Australian Institute of Technology in 1988 and a PhD in Digital Communications from the University of South Australia in 1997. He worked at the University of South Australia (87-96) in the field of Digital Communications, at Auspace Ltd (96-07) as a technology specialist in modem development (both in Australia and the United Kingdom) and as a unit business manager. Dr Bolding held a Board position at the Defence Teaming Centre (South Australia) from 2004 to 2007. Dr Bolding joined Defence Science and Technology Group in 2007 and his current position is Senior Scientist Satellite Communications, Information Sciences Division. Dr Bolding’s research interests include Military Satellite Communications and Communications Signal Processing. Dr. Bolding has 17 scientific publications, is a Member of both the IEEE and Engineers Australia and is the Project Lead for Project CHORUS being undertaken in collaboration with the SmartSat CRC.
ABSTRACT
A relatively casual entry level session covering; - RF SATCOM basics - Optical Communications basics - Link budget differences (and noise environments) - Asymmetry in optical SATCOM (up/down) - The benefits and drawbacks of each (in general) and complementarity - Satellite motion relevance in optical SATCOM for LEO satellites - Emerging Optical standards - Coding approaches The session complements the emergence of Hybrid RF/Optical SATCOM as a developing capability and will be interactive with questions and responses.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Gerald Bolding received the B.Eng. (Electronic Engineering) degree with distinction from the South Australian Institute of Technology in 1988 and a PhD in Digital Communications from the University of South Australia in 1997. He worked at the University of South Australia (87-96) in the field of Digital Communications, at Auspace Ltd (96-07) as a technology specialist in modem development (both in Australia and the United Kingdom) and as a unit business manager. Dr Bolding held a Board position at the Defence Teaming Centre (South Australia) from 2004 to 2007. Dr Bolding joined Defence Science and Technology Group in 2007 and his current position is Senior Scientist Satellite Communications, Information Sciences Division. Dr Bolding’s research interests include Military Satellite Communications and Communications Signal Processing. Dr. Bolding has 17 scientific publications, is a Member of both the IEEE and Engineers Australia and is the Project Lead for Project CHORUS being undertaken in collaboration with the SmartSat CRC.
Ms Elisa Jager
Technologist
DSTG
Dr Michael Copeland
Postdoctoral Fellow
Australian National University
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Michael Copeland completed a B.Eng/ B.Sci from the Australian National University in 2015 and PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the Australian national University in 2020. Michael is a postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC) at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University. He works on instrumentation for free space optical communication including atmospheric characterisation, adaptive optics for atmospheric correction and transmitter/receiver systems for space to ground optical communications.
