Infrastructure
Centre of competence for wireless Intra-SATellite Technologies (IntraSAT-Tech)
Profile
The Centre of competence for wireless Intra-SATellite Technologies (IntraSAT-Tech) was founded in 2016 within the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (TUC-N). The scope of IntraSAT-Tech is to perform research, development, and innovation activities related to satellite systems, including the technological niche of wireless intra-satellite communications. IntraSAT-Tech targets the provisioning of a collaboration platform for researchers that have expertise in satellite communications systems. Therefore, IntraSAT-Tech aims to: enhance the collaboration between individual researchers, foster a culture of cooperation between research clusters of TUC-N and industry (especially SMEs), engage specialists from leading national research institutions and industry, and provide the necessary infrastructure and knowledge/expertise to be accessed by researchers or industrial specialists with interests within or related to satellite communication systems.
The existing resources available at the IntraSAT-Tech Centre (complete list at http://erris.gov.ro/IntraSAT-Tech) include hardware instrumentation and dedicated software tools for on-board satellite link emulation (STAR-Dundee SpaceWire equipment), rapid prototyping of high-performance wireless communication systems (National Instruments SDR solution) and for testing and measurements (Rohde & Schwarz Instruments), providing a comprehensive platform for the implementation of research projects in the field of satellite communications.
The research interests of the IntraSAT-Tech team span across a wide range of radio access technologies (from wireless sensor networks to terrestrial and satellite communications networks) and envisage both fundamental microwave / radiocommunications aspects (such as radio channel modelling, radio network planning, protocol stack definition, antenna design and optimization) and radiocommunication technologies with special applications (such as wireless intra-satellite communications, channel modelling and traffic management in high throughput satellite systems, space surveillance and tracking, beamforming antenna arrays, and wireless location and positioning).
The existing resources available at the IntraSAT-Tech Centre (complete list at http://erris.gov.ro/IntraSAT-Tech) include hardware instrumentation and dedicated software tools for on-board satellite link emulation (STAR-Dundee SpaceWire equipment), rapid prototyping of high-performance wireless communication systems (National Instruments SDR solution) and for testing and measurements (Rohde & Schwarz Instruments), providing a comprehensive platform for the implementation of research projects in the field of satellite communications.
The research interests of the IntraSAT-Tech team span across a wide range of radio access technologies (from wireless sensor networks to terrestrial and satellite communications networks) and envisage both fundamental microwave / radiocommunications aspects (such as radio channel modelling, radio network planning, protocol stack definition, antenna design and optimization) and radiocommunication technologies with special applications (such as wireless intra-satellite communications, channel modelling and traffic management in high throughput satellite systems, space surveillance and tracking, beamforming antenna arrays, and wireless location and positioning).