SARANATHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TRICHY

DEPARTMENT OF ECE
Name of Faculty : S.Hariprasath
Year/ Sem/Section : I/ II/ ‘A’
Subject Code : CU4701
Subject : ADVANCED SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

Unit Topics No of Reference

Hours
Required
UNIT I OVERVIEW Overview of satellite communication 1 R2
OF SATELLITE orbital mechanics 2
COMMUNICATION Link budget Parameters 2
Link budget calculations 2
Auxiliary Equations 1
Performance Calculations 1
Total 9
UNIT II M2M Overview of the Internet of Things and 1 R2
DEVELOPMENTS M2M
AND SATELLITE M2M Applications Examples and 1
APPLICATIONS Satellite Support
Satellite Roles Context and 1
Applications
Antennas for Satellite M2M 2
Applications
M2M Market Opportunities for 1
Satellite Operators
Ultra HD Video/TV and Satellite 1
Implications and High Throughput
Satellites (HTS) and Ka/Ku Spot Beam 2
Technologie s-Aeronautical, Maritime
and other Mobility Services.
Total 9
 Unit Topics No of Reference
Hours
Required
UNIT III Overview of IPv6 and its benefits for 1 R4
SATELLITE Satellite Networks
COMMUNICATION Migration and Coexistence 1
IN IPV6
Implementation scenarios and 2
ENVIRONMENT
support
for IPv6 in Satellite communication
Satellite specific Protocol issues in 2
IPv6
Impact of IPv6 on Satellite Network 1
architecture and services
Detailed transitional plan 1
IPv6 demonstration over satellites 1
Total 9
UNIT IV Over view of Radio and Satellite 1 R5
SATELLITE Navigation
NAVIGATION AND GPS Principles 2
GLOBAL
Signal model and Codes 2
POSITIONING
SYSTEM Satellite Signal Acquisition 2
Mathematical model of GPS
observables
Methods of processing GPS data
GPS Receiver Operation 1
Differential GPS 2
Various Satellite Navigation 2
Systems
Total 9
UNIT V Introduction,& Functional 1 R8
description
DEEP SPACE Design procedure and performance 1
NETWORKS AND criterion
INTER Mars exploration Rover- Mission 2
PLANETARY and subsystems overview- HW and
MISSIONS SW
Chandrayaan-1- Mission and 2
subsystems overview- HW and SW
Mangalyaan Mission - Mission and 3
subsystems overview- HW and SW-
link performance
Total 45
Total No of Hours Required: 45
References

R2. Anil K. Maini, Varsha Agrawal, ‘Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications’, Third
Edition, Wiley, 2014. 3. Daniel Minoli’ “Innovations in Satellite Communication and Satellite
Technology” Wiley, 2015

R4. Daniel Minoli, “Satellite Systems Engineering in an IPv6 Environment”, CRC Press, First
Edition, 2009.
R5. Hofmann-Wellenhof B., Lichtenegger H., and Elmar Wasle, “Global Navigational Satellite
Systems” , Springer-Verlag, 2008.

R8. http://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c25-mars-orbiter-mission

Signature of Faculty Signature of HOD