remote sensing and skywave digital communication from antarctica从南极遥感和天波数字通信.pdfVIP

Sensors 2009, 9, 10136 - 10157; doi:10.3390/ OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Remote Sensing and Skywave Digital Communication from Antarctica ` 1, 1 1 ´ 1 2 Pau Bergada , Marc Deumal , Carles Vilella , Joan R. Regue , David Altadill and Santi Marsal 2 1 LA SALLE, Universitat Ramon Llull, Passeig Bonanova 8, 08022 Barcelona, Spain; E-Mails: mdeumal@ (M.D.); carlesv@ (C.V.); jramon@ (J.R.R.) 2 ´ Grup de Geofısica, Observatorio del Ebro, Universitat Ramon Llull - CSIC , Horta Alta 38, 43529 Roquetes, Spain; E-Mails: David Altadill@obsebre.es (D.A.); smarsal@obsebre.es (S.M.) Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: pbergada@; Tel.: +34-932902490; Fax: +34-932902479. Received: 16 October 2009; in revised form: 30 November 2009 / Accepted: 7 December 2009 / Published: 14 December 2009 Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the research activities undertaken by La Salle and the Ebro Observatory in the field of remote sensing. On 2003 we started a research project with two main objectives: implement a long-haul oblique ionospheric sounder and transmit the data from remote sensors located at the Spanish Antarctic station Juan Carlos I to Spain. The paper focuses on a study of feasibility of two possible physical layer candidates for the skywave link between both points. A DS-SS based solution and an OFDM based solution are considered to achieve a reliable low-power low-rate communicatio