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    Satellite communications systems have been developed for applications ranging from DOMSAT (domestic satellite), INTELSAT (international satellite) to VSAT (very small aperture terminal) This course consists of three parts: orbits and constellations, satellite space segment, and propagation and satellite links. The third part presents various Satellite Communications Systems and Applications with emphasis on recent development in LEO Satellite Systems for personal communications.

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    Satellite communications systems have been developed for applications ranging from DOMSAT (domestic satellite), INTELSAT (international satellite) to VSAT (very small aperture terminal) This course consists of three parts: orbits and constellations, satellite space segment, and propagation and satellite links. The third part presents various Satellite Communications Systems and Applications with emphasis on recent development in LEO Satellite Systems for personal communications.

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    EE674:SatelliteCommunications

    Textbook:

    SatelliteCommunicationSystems,Second
    edition
    ByM.Richharia
    McGrawHill,1999
    ISBN:0071342087

    OtherRecommendedReadings:

    Grading:

    Homework25%
    Project20%
    Midterm(openbook)25%
    Final(openbook)30%

    AboutlateHW:ForlateHWsubmission,youget75%ofHWgrade.

    CourseDescription:

    SatellitecommunicationssystemshavebeendevelopedforapplicationsrangingfromDOMSAT
    (domesticsatellite),INTELSAT(internationalsatellite)toVSAT(verysmallapertureterminal).Recent
    developmentinLEO(lowearthorbit)systems,suchasIridiumandGlobalstar,opensthedoorfor
    personalcommunicationsthroughsatellitesystems.Thiscourseconsistsofthreeparts.Thefirstpart
    addressesthesatellitesystemscoveringthetopicsoforbitsandconstellations,satellitespacesegment,
    andpropagationandsatellitelinks.Thesecondpartreviewssatellitecommunicationstechniques
    includingmodulation,coding,multipleaccessandonboardprocessing.Thethirdpartpresentsvarious
    satellitecommunicationssystemsandapplicationswithemphasisonrecentdevelopmentinLEOsatellite
    systemsforpersonalcommunications.

    CourseObjectives:

    TopicalOutline:

    1.Introduction

    1.1Historyofsatellitecommunications
    1.2Overviewofthecourse
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    2.SatelliteSystems

    2.1Orbitsandconstellations:GEO,MEOandLEO
    2.2Satellitespacesegment
    2.3Propagationandsatellitelinks

    2.3.1Freespaceloss
    2.3.2Attenuation,polarization,fadingandscintillation
    2.3.3Linkbudgetanalysis

    3.SatelliteCommunicationsTechniques

    3.1Modulationandcodingtechniques

    3.1.1Digitalmodulationschemes
    3.1.2FECandARQ

    3.2MultipleAccess

    3.2.1FDMA,TDMAandCDMA
    3.2.2Aloha
    3.2.3Demandassignment

    3.3Onboardprocessingtechniques

    4.SatelliteCommunicationsSystemsandApplications

    4.1INTELSATsystems
    4.2VSATnetworks
    4.3GPS
    4.4GEO,MEOandLEOmobilecommunications

    4.4.1INMARSATsystems
    4.4.2Iridium
    4.4.3Globalstar
    4.4.4Odyssey

    4.5BroadbandandMultimediaSystems

    4.5.1Spaceway
    4.5.2Teledesic

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