Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
Overview The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) is a multinational forum formed in 1982 to discuss common problems in…
Cognitive Diversity Network
Overview A cognitive diversity network (CDN) is an amalgamation of many different networking processes contributing to the operation of one network. “Cognitive…
Speed Comparison: FSO vs Fiber
Overview Fiber-optic cables must be installed from one point to the next to enable optical communications. The quality of those cables…
Project Loon
Overview Google’s project division X has been developing a balloon technology known as Project Loon to increase connectivity across the globe.…
Cooperative Diversity
Overview Cooperative diversity (CD) is a physical hardware arrangement technique that uses multiple antennas to improve a network’s total channel capacity…
Photon-per-Bit Receiver for Deep Space Communications
Overview A team of researchers from the University of Chambers in Sweden has improved satellite receivers for deep space communications by…
Luminescent Detector
Overview The Connectivity Lab at Facebook has developed a new kind of optical detector for FSO communication. Their Luminescent Detector is…
Deep-Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
Overview DSOC, short for Deep Space Optical Communications, is a NASA laser-based space communications program which is still in the development…
Dynamic Routing (Adaptive Routing)
Overview Dynamic routing, also called adaptive routing, is a process for optimizing how data is transmitted. It is comparable to taking…
ETS (Engineering Test Satellite)
Overview Engineering Test Satellite (ETS) is a program name given to certain satellites launched by JAXA (formerly NASDA). The ETS name…