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CEC352-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

CEC352

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:

●        Understand the basics of satellite orbits

●        Understand the satellite segment and earth segment

●        understand Link Power budget calculation

●        Understand the various satellite access and coding technology

●        Understand the applications of satellite

UNIT I                          SATELLITE ORBITS                                                                                    9

Kepler’s Laws, Newton’s law, orbital parameters, orbital perturbations, station keeping, geo stationary and non Geo-stationary orbits – Look Angle Determination- Limits of visibility – eclipse- Sub satellite point –Sun transit outage-Launching Procedures - launch vehicles and propulsion.

UNIT II                        SPACE SEGMENT                                                                                        9

Spacecraft Technology- Structure, Primary power, Attitude and Orbit control, Thermal control and Propulsion, communication Payload and supporting subsystems, Telemetry, Tracking and command-Transponders Antenna Subsystem.

UNIT III                         SATELLITE LINK DESIGN                                                                        9

Basic link analysis, Uplink and Downlink Design equation, Free space loss-Atmospheric effects, Ionospheric scintillation, Rain induced attenuation and interference, system noise temperature, Link Design with and without frequency reuse.

UNIT IV                        SATELLITE ACCESS AND CODINGTechniques                                   9

Modulation and Multiplexing: Voice, Data, Video, Analog – digital transmission system, Digital video Broadcast, multiple access: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, PAMA and DAMA Assignment Methods, compression – encryption, Coding Schemes.

UNIT V                          SATELLITE APPLICATIONS                                                                     9

INTELSAT Series, INSAT, VSAT, Mobile satellite services: GSM, GPS, LEO, MEO, Satellite Navigational System. GPS-Position Location Principles, Differential GPS, Direct Broadcast satellites (DBS/DTH).

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

CO1:Identify the satellite orbits CO2:Analyze the satellite subsystems CO3:Evaluate the satellite link power budget CO4:Identify access technology for satellite

CO5:Design various satellite applications

 

TEXT BOOKS:

1.      Dennis Roddy, “Satellite Communication”, 4th Edition, Mc Graw Hill International, 2017.

2.      Timothy Pratt, Charles, W.Bostain,Jeremy E.Allnutt,"SatelliteCommunication”,3rd Edition, Wiley Publications,2021.

 

REFERENCES:

1.      Tri T. Ha, “Digital Satellite Communications”, 2nd edition, Mc Graw Hill education, 2017.

 

2.      Wilbur L.Pritchard, Hendri G. Suyderhoud, Robert A. Nelson, “Satellite Communications Systems Engineering”, 2nd edition , Prentice Hall/Pearson , 2013.

3.      M.Richharia, “Satellite Communication Systems-Design Principles”, Macmillan, 1999.

4.      Brian Ackroyd, “World Satellite Communication and earth station Design”, BSP professional

Books, 1990.

5.      Bruce R. Elbert, “The Satellite Communication Applications”, Hand Book, Artech House Bostan London, 2003.

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