The Wide-Band Signal Processor

Abstract

The Wide-Band Signal Processor (WBSP) is a spaceborne communications processor designed to operate as a peripheral to the Fault-Tolerant Spaceborne Computer (FTSC) currently being developed for the U. S. Air Force. Its function is to demodulate and decode received FDM and TDM signals and to re-encode the recovered information and use it to modulate signals for retransmission. The major difference between the WBSP and other processors designed to perform similar functions is in the fact that the WBSP, like the FTSC itself, is designed to survive its own hardware malfunctions.