SC (B-TECH Electronics and Communication Engineering 7-8th)

PRINCIPLES OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION: Evolution & growth of communication satellite,

Synchronous satellite, Satellite frequency allocation & Band spectrum, Advantages of satellite communication,

Active & Passive satellite, Modem & Codec. Applications of satellite communication.

COMMUNICATION SATELLITE LINK DESIGN: Introduction, General link design equations, System noise

temperature, C/N & G/T ratio, Atmospheric & Ionospheric effects on link design, Complete link design, Earth

station parameters.

Section-B

ANALOG SATELLITE COMMUNICATION : Introduction, Baseband analog(Voice) signal, FDM techniques,

S/N & C/N ratio in frequency modulation in satellite link, S/N ratio in FM with multiplexed telephone signal in

satellite link, Single channel per carrier(SCPC) systems, Companded single sideband (CSSB) systems, Analog

FM/FDM TV satellite link, Intermodulation products & their effects in FM/FDM systems, Energy disposal in

FM/FDM systems.

DIGITAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATION : Advantages of digital communication, Elements of digital

satellite communication systems, Digital baseband signals, Digital modulation techniques like MSK,GMSK/, QAM

,Satellite digital link design, Time Division Multiplexing.

Section-C

MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUES: Introduction, TDMA, TDMA-Frame structure, TDMA-Burst structure,

TDMA-Frame efficiency, TDMA-superframe, TDMAFrame acquisition & Synchronization, TDMA compared to

FDMA, TDMA Burst Time Plan, Multiple Beam (Satellite switched) TDMA satellite system, Beam

Hopping(Transponder Hopping) TDMA, CDMA & hybrid access techniques.

SATELLITE ORBITS: Introduction, Synchronous orbit, Orbital parameters, Satellite location with respect to

earth, Look angles, Earth coverage & slant range, Eclipse effect, Satellite placement in geostationary orbit, station

keeping, Satellite stabilization.

Section-D

]SPECIAL PURPOSE COMMUNICATION SATELLITES : BDS, INMARSAT, INTELSAT,

VSAT(data broadband satellite), MSAT( Mobile Satellite Communication technique), Sarsat (Search & Rescue

satellite) & LEOs (Lower earth orbit satellite), Satellite communication with respect to Fiber Optic Communication,

LANDSAT, Defense satellite.

LASER SATELLITE COMMUNICATION: Introduction, Link analysis, Optical satellite link transmitter, Optical

satellite link receiver, Satellite Beam Acquisition, Tracking & Positioning, Deep Space Optical Communication

Link.