Bradford Watson
Bradford S. Watson is a Technical Fellow at Lockheed Martin, where he has been a valued employee since 1997. He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Signal Processing from the University of Colorado at Denver (2001). Watson has established an extensive background in Digital Signal Processing for spaceflight applications, with expertise in DSP Algorithm Design, FPGAs/ASIC design, and Digital Signal Processors.
In 2021, Watson published a book titled "Channelizers and Reconstructors - A Design Guide" (Nova Science Publishers ISBN 1685071740) on spectral channelization and reconstruction. He is also the inventor of US Patent #7675985: "Digital Channelizer Unit (DCU)". Watson has played a pivotal role in conceiving, architecting, designing, and leading the development of numerous modern digital processing payloads for the commercial, government, and international space sectors.
His professional interests encompass communications signal processing, statistical signal processing, array processing, adaptive systems, and digital design.
Digital Signal Processing for Satellite Communications
Status: Available NowCommunications satellites are a booming business, and are increasingly using sophisticated DSP techniques to manage bandwidth for users distributed over wide geographic areas. There are several flavors of satellite communications, that include transponded and regenerative digital payloads for commercial and military platforms.
This talk gives an overview of the market, the end-to-end system level view, the actual digital processing that takes place onboard a satellite, specifications, and challenges of designing systems for spaceflight.