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This activity is aimed at developing a modular robust waveform for end-to-end (E2E) communications offering further protection for the missions, by designing the waveform aspects as well as the receiver operations. It will consider typical RF threats and tune the waveform against the most common ones, so that space missions do not have to develop new solutions for their case. The design of the modular robust waveform can include cryptographically robust spread sequences that can be used to drive a frequency hopping scheme, or a direct Sequence spread spectrum modulation, coupled with Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM). The adaptation algorithm of the ACM can cover both the typical Modulation and Coding schemes as well as the Transmission Security (TRANSEC) functions (e.g. Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and Frequency Hopping), providing flexible level of protection based on the link conditions. The activity encompasses the following tasks: - Consolidation of the most common RF interference signals and attacks method - Investigation of state of theart signal techniques to counter RF interference and development of a SWAT analysis to select the optimum measures for the consolidated attacks options. - Detailed design of the waveform blocks to counter the identified common RF interference threats. Particular emphasis shall be devoted to the Add-on modularity so that each block can be added as plug-in. - Development of a Proof of Concept simulator including signal generator/receiver of the waveform and assessment of the E2E performance of the proposed Waveform. - Investigation of the regulatory constraints from the Radio Frequency Compatibility with specific focus on the impact of wideband signals on ITU frequency bands allocation. 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