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Satellite Communication Systems Assignment

The document provides instructions for a satellite communication systems assignment involving calculating look angles from cities to a chosen satellite and estimating rain attenuation between Earth stations and the satellite. Students are asked to select a satellite based on their student ID and birth month, choose two cities, calculate look angles, and estimate rain attenuation exceeding 0.1% of the time for various frequency pairs, polarizations, and cities using provided tables and the Optus D3 satellite payload documentation.

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Satellite Communication Systems Assignment

The document provides instructions for a satellite communication systems assignment involving calculating look angles from cities to a chosen satellite and estimating rain attenuation between Earth stations and the satellite. Students are asked to select a satellite based on their student ID and birth month, choose two cities, calculate look angles, and estimate rain attenuation exceeding 0.1% of the time for various frequency pairs, polarizations, and cities using provided tables and the Optus D3 satellite payload documentation.

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49223SatelliteCommunication

SystemsAssignmentALookAngles
andRainAttenuation

Introduction
Thisassignmentisdesignedtoreinforcesomefundamental
conceptslearnedinthissubject.Studentscanworkinagroupof2
or3andsubmitafinalreportfortheassignment.However,itis
STRONGLYinYOURinteresttoattempttheassignment
individuallyandensurethatyouunderstandexactlyhowto
calculatealloftherequiredparameters.
Youareencouragedtorefertothelecturenotesandsubject
textbook,aswellasbooksandotheronlinesourcessuchas
WikipediahoweverthesemustALLbefullyandcorrectly
referencedANDNOCOPYINGANDPASTINGFROMOTHER
STUDENTSORANYOTHERSOURCESISPERMITTED.
ANYMATLABCODEUSEDMUSTBEYOUROWNNO
EXCEPTIONS.

AssessmentandSubmissionMarkswillbeawardedfor
correctnessofthesolutions.Showallworking,calculationsand
Matlab/Octavescriptcodenotjustnumericalresults.
YoursubmissionshouldbeintheformofasingleZIPfile
containing(1)yourreport,preferablyinPDFformat,and(2)
allsourcecodeinplaintextformat(doNOTtrytopasteitinto
aWorddocumentorsimilarIwanttobeabletorunyour
codewithouthavingtofixit!).

Noextensionswillbegrantedexceptinexceptionalcircumstances.
Preparation
PerformthefollowingcalculationinMatlaborGNUOctaveto
selectyoursatellite.LetNbeyourFULLstudentIDnumberand
Mbethemonthinwhichyouwereborn(112).Now
phi=mod(N+M,360)

Forexample,ifN=123456789,andM=2(i.e.February)thenphi
=191.
Next,consultadatabaseofgeostationarysatellites.Such
informationmaybeobtainedfromavarietyofsourcessuchas
N2YOorSatelliteSignals[1,2].Choosethesatellitewhoselon
gitudess(i.e.thelongitudeofitssubsatellitepoint)istheclosest
tothephithatyouhavecalculated.Notethatifyourangleis
greaterthan180,youmaywishtoconvertitintoaWestlongitude
(i.e.ifyoucalculate=191,thisisactually191Eor(360
191)=169W.
Finally,byconsultinganatlas,chooseanytwocitiesfromwhich
thissatelliteshouldbevisible.If,aftergoingthroughthetasksin
thisassignment,youfindthatthesatelliteisnotvisible,repeatthe
calculationswithadifferentcity(closertotheequator).The
criterionforvisibilityisthattheangleofelevationshouldbe
greaterthan10.

Tasks
1. Recordalloftheparameters(includingthesatellitelongitudeand
thecoordinatesofyourchosencity).Showthecalculationsyou
haveusedtochooseyoursatellite.Usingaworldmapimage(e.g.
fromGoogleMaps)indicatethelocationofyourchosencitiesand
alsothesubsatellitepoint.

2. Determinethesatellitelookanglesfromeachofyourchosencities,
assumingthereceiverdishhastwoaxis(azimuthandelevation)
adjustmentcapabilities.YoucanusethescriptdevelopedinWeek
4sworkshoptodothis.

3. AssumethatyourchosensatelliteisidenticaltotheOptusD3
commercialgeostationarysatellite,inallaspectsotherthanits
position.Thedocumentationforthecommuniationspayloadfor
thissatelliteisavailableonlinefrom
http://www.optus.com.au/dafiles/OCA/AboutOptus/NetworkCover
age/SharedStaticFiles/Documents/Optus_C1_Payload_0311.pdf.
SpecificallyforthisassignmentyouareinterestedintheBSS
frequencyplanlistedonpage9).Forhorizontal,verticaland
circularpolarisations,andforEarthstationsatthecorrectaltitudes
abovesealevelforbothcitiesyoumayfindthisinformationon
Wikipediaorelsewhereonline,calculatetherainattenuationwhich
isexceededfor0.1%ofthetimeinanyyear,forapointrainrateof
8mm/hour.Chooseanyonepairoffrequenciesfortheuplinkand
thedownlink(atotalof12calculations2cities,3polarisations
(horizontal,verticalandcircular),2frequencies.Assumethatthe
rainheightis3500m.Thespecificrainattenuationcoefficientsare
providedinTable1pleasenotethatyoumustinterpolatebetween
thevaluesinthistabletogetthecoefficientsforthefrequeniesyou
haveidentified(linearinterpolationissufficient,althoughyouare
welcometouseahigherorderpolynomialinterpolationifyou
wish).TheMatlab/Octavefunctionforthisisinterp1(one
dimensionalinterpolationifunsuretypehelpinterp1atthe
commandpromptandtrytheexamples)..Pathlengthreduction
factorsarelistedinTable2.

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