Research

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

Wernher von Braun — German writer

Research interests

  • Optical communications for satellites
    R&D and a various system engineering activities on optical links for satellites communications: system architecture and analysis, physical layer design (digital signal processing, digital communication, modem, FEC…)

  • Coding theory
    LDPC, turbo codes, iterative decoding, code design, EXIT/GEXIT charts, erasure codes, rateless codes

  • Cognitive radio
    superposition, dirty paper coding, precoding, trellis shaping

  • Digital communications
    linear (de)modualtion, continuous phase modulation, receiver complexity, equalization, synchronization, multiple access methods

  • Machine learning applied to communications
    error correction code design, modulation

PhD students

  • Machine learning base solutions for M2M satellite communications
    PhD Student: Gaston de Boni Rovella (2021-.)
    Thales Alenia Space & French Space Agency (CNES)

  • CPM-IoT: Green satellite radio multiple access for IoT
    PhD Student: Jerbi Anouar (2020-2023)
    Thales Alenia Space & Brest Métropole

  • SatOCoR: Cognitive Radio Schemes for Low Data Rate (IoT) Satellite Communications
    PhD student: Luciano Barros Cardoso da Silva (2016-2019)
    Brazilian Space Agency (INPE) funding

Industrial projects

  • Various Thales Alenia Space projects
    CNES, ESA, internal…, (2020-.)\

  • RobustVideo: Optimization of real-time audio and video streams for a satellite link
    Research engineer: Etienne Suquet, (2018-2019)
    French Government Defense Agency (DGA)

Graduate students

TODO…