Contents of the Course Unit |
Explain the principles, concepts and operation of satellite communication systems. Describe the concepts of signal propagation affects, link design, rain fading and link availability and perform interference calculations.Understand modulation techniques and error correction codes for satellite communication.
Use software tools to simulate and analyse the performance of satellite communication systems, and use real satellite up/down links (subject to the availability of satellite links) to conduct link experiments. Critically analyse the design requirements and the performance of satellite communication systemsEngineering and commercial aspects, orbital mechanics, look angles determination, orbital effects in system performance, spacecraft subsystems, transponders, antennas, satellite link design, modulation and multiplexing techniques used in satellite communication systems, multiple access ( FDMA, TDMA, CDMA). |