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 various system engineering activities on optical links for satellite 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)modulation, 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 (2021-2024)
    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

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