RADAR AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS Course Code: UAA 803 Credit Units: 04 Course Objective: The objective of this

course is to provide students a basic understanding of Radar and Satellite communication principles, operations and applications. Course Contents: Module I: Introduction to RADAR Principle of detection and ranging, Radar frequencies and bands. Applications, Radar block diagram and operations. Radar Range Equation: Range prediction, Minimal detectable signal, Receiver Noise, SNR, Integration of radar pulses, Radar cross section of targets, Transmitter Power, PRF and system losses & propagation effects.

Module II: CW FM Radar Doppler effects, CW Radar, Frequency modulated CW Radar, Multiple frequency CW Radar, MTI and Pulse Doppler Radar, MTI delay lines, Delay Line Cancellers, Coherent and non-coherent MTI, Pulse Doppler Radar. Module III: Introduction to Satellite Communication satellites, Orbiting Satellites, Frequencies bands, Satellite multiple access formats, Satellite Channel: Power flow, Polarization, Atmospheric Losses, Receiver Noise, CNR, Satellite link analysis for up links and down links. Module IV: Satellite Transponder Transponder model, Satellite signal processing, RF RF translation, IF modulation. Module V: Multiple Accesses

FDMA; amplification with multiple FDMA carriers, AM/FM conversion with FDMA, Switched FDMA, Synchronization, SS-TDMA; CDMA: DS-CDMA, Frequency Hopped CDMA, Carrier Recovery and bit timing, Satellite link budget. Examination Scheme: Components A CT S/V/Q HA EE

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