Design of interstellar digital communication links: Some insights from communication engineering

Design of Interstellar Digital Communication Links: Some Insights from Communication Engineering

The design of an end-to-end digital interstellar communication system at radio frequencies is discussed, drawing on the disciplines of digital communication engineering and computer network engineering in terrestrial and near-space applications. One goal is a roadmap to the design of such systems, aimed at future designers of either receivers (SETI) or transmitters (METI). In particular we emph...

Communication in automated engineering design

Location-Private Interstellar Communication

Mankind is actively trying to communicate with extraterrestrial life. However, historically the discovery of new civilizations has led to war, subjugation, and even elimination. With that in mind, we believe that for any attempted contact with extraterrestrials our location must not be revealed. Therefore, we focus on the problem of location-private interstellar communication. We approach this ...

Supporting Engineering Design Communication through a Social Media Tool – Insights for Engineering Project Management

Design of a Digital Communication System

The power of digital signal processing can probably be best appreciated in the enormous progresses which have been made in the field of telecommunications. These progresses stem from three main properties of digital processing: • The flexibility and power of discrete-time processing techniques, which allow for the low-cost deployment of sophisticated and, more importantly, adaptive equalization...