COs Assessment Method (100%)

Class Assessment
Class Performance 05
1-5 Class Tests/Assignments 20
1-5 Mid-Term Assessment 15
(Exam/Project)
Exam
1-5 Final exam 60

Mapping of Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes:

Program Outcome
Course Outcomes (CO) of the Course 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Critically analyze the design requirements
and the performance of satellite communication
system.
2. Apply communication theory, modulation
techniques, multiple access technologies, error
correction codes, telephone traffic analysis
related to satellite communication.
3. Compute link power budget for satellites in
the presence of rain-induced attenuation,
ionospheric scintillation, fading, interference
and other kinds of propagation impairments.
4. Estimate bit error probability of spread
spectrum satellite systems in the presence of
tone and pulsed jamming.
5. Explain the principles, concepts and
operation of satellite communication systems.

Lecture Schedule:

Week 1 Introduction
Class 1 Definition, history, need of satellite communication, how satellite
communication works
Class 2 Advantage and disadvantage, application,orbital elements, semi major
axis, semi minor axis, mean anamoly, argument of perige
CT 1
Class 3 Satellite orbits, posigrade, retrograde, ascending node, descending node,
Geo stationary satellite, Geo synchronous satellite
Week 2 Orbital Mechanics
Class 4
motion
Class 5 Describing the orbit of a satellite, locating the satellite in the orbit
Class 6 Look angle determination, subsatellite point, elevation angle, azimuth
angle
Week 3 Orbital Mechanics
Class 7 Solar eclipse
Class 8 Sidereal period
Class 9 Slant range, synodal period
Week 4 Satellite Link Design
Class 10 Introduction, Basic Transmission Theory
Class 11 Rain Attenution, System noise temperature and G/T ratio
Class 12 Calculation of system noise temperature, Noise figure
Week 5 Satellite Link Design
Class 13 Noise temperature, G/T ratio for earth station and its measurement and
characteristics CT 2
Class 14 Link budget calculation
Class 15 System availability, mean unavailability, radio-star method
Week 6 Multiple Access Technique
Class 16 FDMA, FDM-FM-FDMA, Single Channel per carrier
Class 17 TDMA, TDMA frame structure, reference burst, traffic burst, guard time
Class 18 TDMA burst structure, carrier and clock recovery sequence, unique word,
TDMA frame efficiency
Week 7 Demand Assignment

Class 19 Earlang B formulae

Class 20 Types of Demand Assignment
Class 21 DAMA characteristics(demand assignment), Blocking probability
Week 8 ALOHA

Class 22 Types of ALOHA CT 3

Class 23 Throughput calculation
Class 24 Average packet delay vs satellite channel throughput
Week 9 CDMA
Class 25 Code generator, pn sequence
Class 26 Property of pn sequence
Class 27 Satellite spread spectrum communication
Week 10 CDMA
Class 28 Interference(unintentional and intentional interference)
Class 29 Classification of spread spectrum(Direct sequence spread spectrum and
frequency hoping)
Class 30 Direct sequence spread spectrum system CT 4
Week 11 CDMA
Class 31 Error rate performace in uniform jamming
Class 32 Error rate performace in pulsed jamming
Class 33 Direct Sequence CDMA
Week 12 CDMA
Class 34 Frequency hopping spread spectrum
Class 35 Jamming Waveform, steps for finding jamming waveform
Class 36 Interference analysis, different types of unintentional interference
Week 13 VSAT Communication Network
Class 37 Characteristics, VSAT network system concept
Class 38 Service of VSAT
Class 39 Nature of traffic
Week 14 VSAT Communication Network
Class 40 Satellite channels(P-ALOHA,S-ALOHA,C-ALOHA,R-ALOHA)
Class 41 Mobile satellite network
Class 42 Application

Text and Ref Books:

1. Digital Satellite Communications by Tri T. Ha, Second Ed. McGrawHill.
2. Satellite Communications by Timothy Pratt, Second Ed. Wiley.

***Details of program outcome and grading policy are attached as Annex A and Annex B.

5.2.3.10. EECE 445: Communication Networks

3.00 Contact Hour; 3.00 Credit Hour;
Level: Level-4, Term-I/II
Pre-requisite: None.
Rationale:
To learn and familiarize the basics of communication networks.

Course Contents:

Switching and multiplexing: ISO, TCP-IP and ATM reference models.

Different data communication services: Physical layer wired and wireless transmission
media. Cellular radio: Communication satellites;
Data Link Layer: Elementary protocols. Sliding window protocols, error detection and
corrections of HDLC.DLLL of Internet. DLLL of ATM: Multiple Access protocols.
IEECE.802 Protocols for LANs and MANs, Switches, Hubs and bridges. High speed LAN
Network Layer: Routing, congestion control, internetworking.
Network layer in internet: IP protocol, IP addresses. ARP; NI in ATM transport layer,
transmission control protocol, UDP, ATM adaptation layer, application layer, network
security, email, domain name system. Simple network management protocol, HTTP and
World Wide Web

Objective:
1. To understand fundamental concepts of communications systems.
2. To become acquainted with different types of communication system protocols.