There has recently been growing interest in using physical layer network coding techniques to facilitate information transfer in wireless relay networks. The physical layer network coding technique takes advantage of the additive nature of wireless signals by allowing two terminals to transmit simultaneously to the relay node. This technique has several performance benefits, such as improving utilization and throughput of wireless channels and reducing delay. In this thesis, we present an algorithm for joint decoding of two unsynchronized transmitters to a modulo-2 sum of their transmitted messages. We address the problems that arise when the boundaries of the signals do not align with each other and when their phases are not identical. Our approach uses a state-based Viterbi decoding scheme that takes into account the timing offsets between the interfering signals. As a future research plan, we plan to utilize software-defined radios (SDRs) as a testbed to show the practicality of our approach and to verify its performance. Our simulation studies show that the decoder performs well with the only degrading factor being the noise level in the channel.

This thesis deals with a design of telemetry archive of PSAT, PSAT-2 and BRICSat sattelites. This telemetry data need to be extracted from SDR IQ records. The thesis contains a Doppler effect theory and description of structure of telemetry data. Then it presents a design of a program for Doppler effect correction, demodulation and decoding of these records and saving the data to telemetry archive. Thesis also deals with analysis of decoded data.

Submitted by Marta Toyoda (1144061@mackenzie.br) on 2018-03-09T16:59:58Z No. of bitstreams: 2 GUILHERME BOSCOLO DOS SANTOS.pdf: 18400225 bytes, checksum: 47dbfd4bd3d74984f6d4c7bfff9e594d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Paola Damato (repositorio@mackenzie.br) on 2018-04-04T11:41:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 GUILHERME BOSCOLO DOS SANTOS.pdf: 18400225 bytes, checksum: 47dbfd4bd3d74984f6d4c7bfff9e594d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-04T11:41:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 GUILHERME BOSCOLO DOS SANTOS.pdf: 18400225 bytes, checksum: 47dbfd4bd3d74984f6d4c7bfff9e594d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-01-30 / With the establishment of digital television technology, improvements have emerged com- pared to analogue, such as bringing users better quality picture and video. This transition of the analogue/digital system is already a reality in Brazil, so that organs linked to the Brazilian government are performing the process of switch-off the analogue signal. This switch-off aims to release the electromagnetic spectrum in the UHF band to allow the expansion of mobile broadband. Due to this operation in adjacent bands, there is a pos- sibility that the LTE signal interferes with digital TV. Studies presented by researchers report that antennas designed with ”smart” characteristics can reduce interference from unwanted signals. When designed with dual polarization, such antennas enable the wireless link to become more robust due to differences polarization existing between the transmitter and the receiver of the current communications systems. This essay presents a new pro- posal of dual-polarized antenna, whose operating is destined to the radio frequency range of the digital television after the switch-off, so that it can be used in the current digital te- levision standard as in the next-generation of digital broadcasting. The proposed antenna was designed with a full wave electromagnetic field simulator. A prototype was simulated and built and experimental results showed that the proposed antenna could cover a band of 384 MHz in the UHF band and 40 MHz in the high VHF band as well as serving as a filter for the LTE band. Tests were performed using software defined radio and showed their reception quality. / Com o estabelecimento da tecnologia da televisão digital, melhorias surgiram comparadas com à analógica, como levar aos usuários uma melhor qualidade de imagem e vídeo. Essa transição do sistema analógico/digital já é uma realidade no Brasil, de modo que órgãos ligados ao governo brasileiro já estão realizando o processo de desligamento do sinal analógico. Esse desligamento que tem por objetivo liberar o espectro eletromagnético na faixa de UHF para permitir a expansão da banda larga móvel. Devido a esta operação em faixas adjacentes, existe a possibilidade do sinal LTE interferir na TV digital. Estudos apresentados por pesquisadores relatam que antenas projetadas com características de “inteligentes” podem reduzir interferências vindas de sinais indesejáveis. Quando projetadas com dupla polarização, tais antenas ainda possibilitam que o enlace sem fio se torne mais robusto frente às diferenças de polarização existentes entre o transmissor e o receptor dos sistemas de comunicações atuais. Esta pesquisa apresenta uma nova proposta de antena com dupla polarização, cuja faixa de operação é destinada a faixa de radiofrequência da televisão digital após o desligamento do sinal analógico, de forma a ser utilizada no atual sistema de televisão como em sua próxima geração. A antena proposta foi projetada com simulador de campo eletromagnético de onda completa. Um protótipo foi simulado e construído e os resultados experimentais demonstraram que a antena proposta pode cobrir uma banda de 384 MHz na faixa do UHF e 40 MHz na de VHF alto além de servir como filtro para a faixa do LTE. Testes foram realizados utilizando rádio definidos por software e mostraram sua qualidade de recepção.