SIGNAL SIMULATOR FOR RFI MITIGATION ALGORITHMS TESTING

With the growing demand on radio frequency interference mitigation techniques in radio astronomy, better testing tools are required. This paper presents the signal oriented simulator developed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The modular simulator is capable of simulating ground based, satellite and celestial sources with a variety of transmit IQ signals. The concept, basic modes, and a configuration of the simulator are presented. The simulator is written in class-oriented MATLAB language.

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