Space: Advancing low earth orbit satellite communication in contested environments │ Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

The proposed solution must:

• Evaluate the LEO SATCOM orbit communications system under intentional, controlled and measured interference, (e.g., jamming or other interfering signal occupying the same bandwidth), and produce quantitative analysis of communication performance using metrics such as bit-error rate (BER), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), jammer-to-signal ratio (JSR), spectrum occupancy, data throughput degradation, recovery latency through various stages such as detection, adaptation, and recovery. Using either high fidelity laboratory facilities (e.g., an anechoic chamber), or on orbit satellites for experiments to generate outcomes.
• Evaluate scenarios that apply adaptive beamforming techniques, including the use of adaptive phased arrays and algorithms that dynamically control antenna elements to mitigate jamming interference, assessing performance using metrics such as detection reliability (probability of detection) and reaction latency. Using either high fidelity laboratory facilities (e.g., an anechoic chamber), or on orbit satellites for experiments to generate outcomes.
• Include at least Kurz-above (Ka) band for LEO SATCOM. Using either high fidelity laboratory facilities (e.g., an anechoic chamber), or on orbit satellites for experiments to generate outcomes.
• Evaluate scenarios involving multiple kinds of malicious signals, such as, but not limited to, single tone, multi-tone, swept jamming, follower jamming, pulsed/smart jamming, distributed/swarm jamming. Using either high fidelity laboratory facilities (e.g., an anechoic chamber), or on orbit satellites for experiments to generate outcomes.
• Provide comparative evaluations of jamming mitigation techniques based on the experimental data generated using either high fidelity laboratory facilities (e.g., an anechoic chamber), or on orbit satellites.