BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,DURG SUBJECT--- SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SEVENTH SEMESTER

UNIT-1 (TWO MARKS)

1. What is active satellite system? 2. What is synchronous satellite? 3. . State Advantages and Disadvantages of Multibeam Satellites 4. What is INTELSAT? 5. What is INMARSAT? 6. What is Current Technology State Satellite communication? 7. What are Intersatellite Links 8. Define Look angle 9. What is difference between active and passive satellite.

UNIT-1 (SEVEN MARKS)

1. What is meant by look angles? Explain them with reference to a geostationary satellite and the earth station 2. How can one determine the earth coverage and slant range for geostationary satellite? What are the maximum values of the two parameters? 3. Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems 4. Orbital Mechanics and Orbital Elements 5. Explain Azimuth and Elevation, Coverage Angle and Slant Range 6. Discuss placement of a satellite in a Geostationary Orbit 7. Overview of Satellite System Engineering 8. Define coverage angle of a satellite? Find the coverage angle of a satellite from Which is visible at a minimum elevation angle of ten degree for geostationary orbit. Derive the relationship used. 9. Explain the effect of eclipse on satellite .A satellite is in circular orbit at an Altitude of 10000 KM. finds the maximum eclipse time. Derive the relationship used. 10. State the Keplers Laws and find out distance between earth and satellite in case of synchronous satellite system. 11. An inter satellite relay allows messages to go from one satellite to another without passing through an intervening a station. Calculate path length and minimum distance between the radio path and the surface of the earth for a link between two geosynchronous satellites that are exactly 110 degree apart. Also determine the maximum possible separation between two geosynchronous satellite with a line of sight link between them 12. Give the details of frequencies used in satellite communication. 13. A satellite at a distance of 40000Km from a point on the earth surface radiates a power of 2W from an antenna gain of 17 db in the direction of observer .Find the flux density at the receiving point and power received by an antenna with an effective area of 10 m2 .If

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the operating frequency of satellite is 11GHz and receiving antenna has a gain of 52.3 db. Find the received power.

14. Give the frequency allocation & band spectrum used for satellite Communications. 15. Q Define the following terms with reference to satellite communication. i. Look angle ii. Visibility iii. Geostationary orbit iv. Time of perigee

UNIT-2 (TWO MARKS)

1. What is Intermodulation Interference? 2. Define Path Loss. 3. Define EIRP. 4. What is noise budget according to CCIR

UNIT-2 (SEVEN MARKS)

Explain Basic Radio Transmission Theory Derive general link equations. Find our expressions for C/N and G/T ratios. Explain importance of these ratios on satellite link design. 3. Explain the parameters that control the design of the earth station. What is the optimum G/T ratio for a standard earth station? 4. Explain analog television transmission through satellite. Write down the expressions for S/N ratio calculations for satellite TV limits. 5. Compare the performance of FM/FDM SCPC and CSSB systems. 6. What is energy dispersal? Discuss its applications for satellite communication. Also explain the dispersal signal. 7. Give Classification of Different Analog and Digital Modulation Schemes as Used in Satellite Communications and their Performance. 8. Define path loss & EIRP. Hence comment on the choice of uplink & Downlink frequencies as to their order 9. Discuss various modulation techniques used for satellite communication. 10. Write detail notes on a. Interference effect on complete link design in satellite communication. b. SNR in FM satellite link. 1. 2. 11. Derive general link equation .Find out expression for C/N and G/T ratios. Explain the importance of these ratio on satellite link design. 12. 36 MHz is the B.W. of transponder in satellite. The link can deliver overall Page 2 of 6

= 15dB at

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ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SEVENTH SEMESTER

receiving earth station. The link is operated in FDM/FM/FDMA. Determine the maximum numbers telephone channel that the link can carry if the weighted worst channel SNR is 51.0 dB. 13. Find out the expression for the received power. 14. Derive the expression for SNR in case of FM detection. 15. Explain analog television transmission through satellite. Derive expression for signal to noise ratio for satellite TV link. 16. Briefly describe the transmission of FDM telephone signal via satellite and state the bandwidth requirement. What is the value of S/N. 17. Under what condition a link is said to be Noise dominant & Inference dominant

UNIT-3 (TWO MARKS)

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State different Multiple Access Techniques as used in satellite What is CSMA? What is TDMA? What is Carrier recovery? What is DAMA?

UNIT-3 (SEVEN MARKS)

What is the difference between multiplexing and multiple access techniques? Are FDM and TDM similar to corresponding FDMA/TDMA respectively? If not why? Explain the relative advantages and disadvantages of FDMA and TDMA. 2. Comment on FDMA and CDMA. 3. What is the difference between multiplexing and multiple access techniques? 4. Write shorts notes on Beam Hopping TDMA. 5. Explain the TDMA technique used for satellite communication. 6. Write detail notes on i. TDMA vs FDMA. ii. CDMA vs FDMA 7. Compare different multiple access technique used for satellite communication. 8. Discuss the concept of spread spectrum. How does it provide security against unauthorized tapping and jamming? 9. Draw the Block scheme of CDMA and explain its working 10. The 5 earth station all operate in TDMA mode. Transponder BW 36 MHz The original speech signals are sampled at 8KHz rate using 8 bits per sample. System uses QPSK Find the bit rate for each PCM signal. What is the frame time for time for each PCM signal? What is the max rate of transmission that can be used and how many telephonic channels can be transmitted. 1.

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BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,DURG SUBJECT--- SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SEVENTH SEMESTER

UNIT-4 (TWO MARKS)

1. General comments on satellite communication system performance. 2. What do you understand by satellite system availability? 3. What is telemetry?
UNIT-4 (SEVEN MARKS)

1. Draw the block diagram of satellite explain it in brief. 2. What is the telemetry, tracking and command (TTC) sub-system? Explain its functioning. 3. What kind of antennas is used for TTC signal transmission during transfer orbit and on orbit? 4. Explain the construction of a repeater telling the difference between a repeater and a transponder? 5. Explain the construction and working of a transponder. 6. Explain types of Antennas in Satellite Communications 7. Explain satellite sub systems reliability. 8. Write detail notes on Satellite transponder 9. Draw the block schematic of communication satellite. 10. Explain TTC and control sub system. 11. Give a brief discussion on a satellite subsystem.

UNIT-5 (TWO MARKS)

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What is Fixed Point Satellite Network? What is Mobile Satellite Network, Absorptive Attenuation Noise by Atmospheric Gases. What is Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems What is Medium Earth Orbit Satellite Systems? What are Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Network What is VSAT? What is TVRO?

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ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SEVENTH SEMESTER

UNIT-5 (SEVEN MARKS)

What are the equipments that an earth station requires? Discuss their design requirements. 2. Explain with suitable diagram the working of various antenna systems to be used in earth stations? Give antenna requirements for long and small earth stations.

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Write shorts notes on TVRO system

4. .Explain the parameters that control the design of the earth station. What is the optimum G/T ratio for a standard earth station? 5. What are the equipments that an earth station requires? Discuss their design requirements 6. Explain with suitable diagram the working of various antenna systems to be used in earth stations? Give antenna requirements for long and small earth stations.. 7. Explain Tropospheric Multipath and Scintillation Effects 8. Explain Rain Attenuation, Noise due to Rain, Rain Depolarization 9. Discuss earth station design requirements. 10. Discuss earth station design requirements. 11. For an earth station having an antenna of diameter 30 m and overall efficiency of 68%, the working signal frequency is 4150 Mhz .At this frequency the system Noise temperature is 79 K when the antenna points at the satellite at an 28 K.Calculate G/T ratio of the earth .In case the sky noise temperature rises to 88 K. What will be the new G/T ratio? 12. What is TVRO system .Discuss its operation. 13. Explain the parameters that control the design of ES. What is the optimum G/T ratio for a standard earth station. 14. Briefly describe a VSAT system. 15. What are the various types of interference signals encountered in microwave satellite communication? Enumerate the effect of interferences in link design.

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