1. Introduction, Brief History,
Overview 1
hour
2. Satellite Orbits 6
hours
2.1
Orbital
mechanics.
2.2
Look
Angle determination.
2.3
Launch
Vehicles: Placing satellite in geostationary orbit, geostationary transfer
orbit.
2.4
Orbital
effects in communications.
3. Propagation Effects 5
hours
3.1
Atmospheric
losses.
3.2
Ionospheric
effects.
3.3
Rain
attenuation.
4. Satellite Link 11
hours
4.1
Basic
transmission theory : EIRP, free-space transmission.
4.2
System
Noise : Noise figure, noise temperature, G/T ratio of earth station.
4.3
Downlink
design, uplink design, combined uplink- down link C/N.
5. Modulation and Multiplexing 8
hours
5.1
FM
links, SCPC, FDM/FM.
5.2
Digital
modulation : Baseband signals, digital carrier systems- OOK, FSK, BPSK, QPSK
modulations and detection.
5.3
Carrier
and bit timing recovery.
5.4
Time
division multiplexing.
6. Space Segment 6
hours
6.1
Power
supply, attitude control, satellite stabilization.
6.2
Station
keeping.
6.3
Transponders:
Wideband receiver, demultiplexer, power amplifier, antenna subsystem.
7. Multiple Access 10
hours
7.1
Basic
concepts.
7.2
FDMA.
7.3
TDMA.
7.4
DAMA,
SPADE.
7.5
CDMA.
8. Error Control 7
hours
8.1
Error
detection and correction.
8.2
Channel
capacity.
8.3
Error
control coding: Linear and cyclic block codes, Convolution codes.
9. VSAT Systems 6
hours
9.1
Overview.
9.2
Network
architectures.
9.3
Access
control and multiple access.
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Student Edition), 2001