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An easy-to-integrate modem will facilitate the upgrade of such existing or planned OGSsand increase their interoperability with future commercial and institutional systems that will adopt ESTOL and its evolutions.Thisactivity shall develop a portable breadboard for an ESTOL-compliant modem. In the scope of the activity, it shall be assumed that thetarget existing OGSs have already been developed in terms of optical elements (e.g., aperture, adaptive optics, etc.) in order tobecompatible with ESTOL. The portable modem shall be connected to the optical part of the OGS by optical fibre, and it shall implement both transmit and receive functionalities. The modem breadboard shall come with a GUI and an interface control document to facilitate its fast and easy integration and use. The functionalities of the portable modem shall be validated in the Contractor's laboratory and in an existing selected OGS.Procurement Policy: C(1) = Activity restricted to non-prime contractors (incl. SMEs).  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