Thales Alenia Space, through its subsidiaries (Thales Alenia Space España, Thales Alenia Space France, Thales Alenia Space Italia) collarborates with ESA on Telecommunication projects.
On its website, ESA publishes important project milestones, demonstrations or special achievements of some of these projects:
Development of an Adaptive DVB-RCS/DVB-S2 On Board Processing System for Meshed Communications
Posted on June 18, 2008
The main objective of the project has been to develop a laboratory model of an on board processor chain that could be used to validate the new algorithms. This laboratory model will be the baseline for new OBP generations, and will allow the procurement of qualified and flight models to potential satellite operators.
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T@HIS - Satellite based Telemedicine in Latin America
Posted on February 12, 2008 - Applications : Telemedicine / Medical Education
T@HIS is a telemedical network connecting physicians and hospitals over a new-generation satellite network based on the recently launched AmerHis payload on the AMAZONAS satellite.
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Harmonization of DVB-RCS Management and Control planes (HM&C)
Posted on January 16, 2008
The Project "Harmonisation of DVB-RCS Management and Control Planes (HM&C)" is an initiative promoted and funded by ESA in the frame of ARTES. Its aim is to support SatLabs activities and specifically a SatLabs working group that has been recently set up to address the next step on harmonisation of management and control planes of DVB-RCS, including the incorporation of a Connection Control Protocol (C2P).
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Interactive Broadband DVB-RCS/S OBP Communication System (AMERHIS)
Posted on October 17, 2007
AMERHIS is an Thales Alenia Space España initiative, supported and co-funded by ESA and Industry, to deploy an advanced communications system based on a regenerative payload on board the AMAZONAS satellite.
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