ANTARES VTB integration and verification results

This paper is aimed at describing the ANTARES Verification Test Bed (VTB), designed, developed and tested in the frame of ESA/Iris ANTARES Project by Thales Alenia Space - Italia. The paper describes the VTB scope, architecture and the test bed integration and verification approach. It is also provides the final results of the performed integration and verification test campaign both at logical and physical layer.