Feasibility Study of an Alert Messaging System by Means of CubeSat, SDR and Web Service Technologies.

In this paper the feasibility of an Alert Messaging System which is based on the use of CubeSat nano satellites, Software Defined Receivers and Web Service Technologies is studied. The system resorts to the Multiple Alert Message Encapsulation protocol over Satellite (MAMES) for the delivery of alerts to population in the case of a disaster and is composed by an Alert Issuer, a MAMES Alert Provider, a Satellite Mission Control Center and a Portable SDR User Terminal. The building blocks of the whole system are described, highlighting the interactions between them. The feasibility has been discussed and the proof of the concept of the system is reported.