EC-471 (a) SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

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1. Orbital mechanism
Satellite orbit and orbital equations, Keplers laws of planetary motion, locating satellite in the
orbit, locating satellite with respect to earth, Look angle calculation, coverage angle and slant
range, orbital perturbations, satellite launching, orbital effects in communication subsystem
performance.

2. Satellites
Satellite subsystems, Attitude and orbit control system, Telemetry tracking command and
monitoring, power system, communication subsystem, satellite antennas.

3. Satellite link design

Basic link analysis, Interference analysis, terrestrial interference, Intermodulation interference,
inter-symbol interference and rain induced attenuation, uplink power control, system availability,
system design for link without frequency reuse and system design for link with frequency reuse.

4. Earth station
Earth station antenna types, Antenna gain, antenna gain to noise temperature ratio, G/T
measurement, frequency division multiple access, FDM-FM-FDMA, Single channel per carrier.

5. Satellite based Navigation System:

Text Books
1. Tri, T.Ha, Digital Satellite Communications, (Second Edition) Tata McGraw
Hill.
2. Timothy Pratt, Jeremy E., Satellite Communications, Willey.
3. Skolnik, Introduction to Radar Systems, Tata McGraw Hill.
Reference Books
1. Peyton Z. Peebles, Jr, Radar Principles, John Wiley and Sons (2004).
2. Nagaraja, Electronic Navigation, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. R.J Sullivan, Radar foundation for imaging & advanced concepts, PHI, 2004.