Second Generation Beacon Performance Analysis Test Tools(GSC-18375-1)

NASA is building Spread Spectrum Second Generation Beacons (SGB) intended to comply with all Cospas-Sarsat T.018 requirements. NASA has built a set of test tools to evaluate the performance of the SGB. The tools use Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to analyze the transmit characteristics and demodulate the message.The test tools are written in MATLAB scripts.