DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING
COURSE PLAN

NAME OF FACULTY : T.SELVI

FACULTY CODE : FEC043
SUBJECT CODE &NAME : EC8501– SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
CREDITS/TOTAL HOUR (As per Syllabus) : 3/45
TOTAL HOUR PLANNED : 48
YEAR / SEMESTER : IV / 07
DEGREE / BRANCH : B.E. – ECE

OBJECTIVE :
 To know the principles of sampling & quantization
 To study the various waveform coding schemes
 To learn the various baseband transmission schemes
 To understand the various band pass signaling schemes
 To know the fundamentals of channel coding.

TEXT BOOK:
1. Dennis Roddy, “Satellite Communication”, 4th Edition, Mc Graw Hill International, 2006. [T01]

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Wilbur L.Pritchard, Hendri G. Suyderhoud, Robert A. Nelson, “Satellite Communication Systems
Engineering”, Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2007. [R01]
2. N.Agarwal, “Design of Geosynchronous Space Craft”, Prentice Hall, 1986. [R02]
3. Bruce R. Elbert, “The Satellite Communication Applications”, Hand Book, Artech House Bostan
London, 1997. [R03]
4. Tri T. Ha, “Digital Satellite Communication”, II nd edition, 1990. [R04]
5. Emanuel Fthenakis, “Manual of Satellite Communications”, Mc Graw Hill Book Co., 1984.
[R05]
6. Robert G. Winch, “Telecommunication Trans Mission Systems”, Mc Graw-Hill Book. [R06]
7. Brian Ackroyd, “World Satellite Communication and earth station Design”, BSP professional
Books, 1990. [R07]

OTHER REFERENCES:
1. L.Gopinath, “Satellite Communication” Suchitra Publications. [O1]

INTERNET SITES:
1. www.britannica.com/.../satellite-communication/.../How-satellites-work [O2]

A. DIGITAL LIBRARY:
1. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) [O3]
Unit I : SATELLITE ORBITS Target Hours:09

Teaching Aids
S.No Date Topics to be covered References
Required
Introduction to Satellite, Kepler’s
1 Board T01, 01
Laws

2 Newton’s law, orbital parameters PPT T01, 01

3 Orbital Perturbations PPT T01, 01

Station keeping, geo stationary and

4 Board T01, 01
non Geo-stationary orbits

5 Look Angle Determination Board T01, 01

6 Limits of visibility Board T01, 01

Sub satellite point, Sun transit

7 Board T01, 01
outage

8 Launching Procedures PPT T01, 01

9 Application Video Video

Deviations if any in targeted hours:

UNIT II SPACE SEGMENT AND SATELLITE LINK DESIGN Target Periods:09

Teaching Aids
S.No Date Topics to be covered References
Required
Spacecraft Technology- Structure,
1 Board T01, 01
Primary power

2 Attitude and Orbit control PPT T01, 01

3 Thermal control and Propulsion PPT T01, 01

4 Telemetry, Tracking and command PPT T01, 01

5 Wideband Receiver PPT T01, 01

6 Satellite uplink Analysis Board T01, 01

7 Design link budget, E/N calculation Board T01, 01

8 Satellite downlink Analysis Board T01, 01

Propagation Characteristics and

9 Board T01, 01
System reliability
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Unit III : EARTH SEGMENT Target Hours:09

Teaching Aids
S.No Date Topics to be covered References
Required
Introduction – Receive – Only home
1 TV systems – Outdoor unit – Indoor Board T01, 01
unit for analog (FM) TV
Master antenna TV system –
2 PPT T01, 01
Community antenna TV system

3 Transmit – Receive earth stations Board T01, 01

Equivalent isotropic radiated power–
Transmission losses – Free-space
4 transmission – Feeder losses – Board T01, 01
Antenna misalignment losses - Fixed
atmospheric losses
Link power budget equation, System
noise, Antenna noise, Amplifier noise
temperature – Amplifiers in cascade
5 Board T01, 01
Noise factor – Noise temperature of
absorptive networks - Overall system
noise temperature
Carrier to- Noise ratio – Uplink –
6 Saturation flux density - Input back off Board T01, 01
– The earth station – HPA
Downlink – Output back off - Satellite
7 Board T01, 01
TWTA output
 Effects of rain ,Uplink rain– Fade
8 PPT T01, 01
margin – Downlink rain Fade margin
Combined uplink and downlink C/N
9 Board T01, 01
ratio – Inter modulation noise.

Deviations if any in targeted hours:

Unit IV : SATELLITE ACCESS Target Hours:10

Teaching Aids
S.No Date Topics to be covered References
Required
Modulation and Multiplexing, Voice,
1 Data, Video, Analog – digital Board T01, 01
transmission system,
2 Digital video Brocast Board T01, 01

3 multiple access: FDMA Board T01, 01

4 Introduction of TDMA Board T01, 01

5 Derivation of TDMA Board T01, 01

6 CDMA Board T01, 01

7 Assignment Methods Board T01, 01

Spread Spectrum communication,

8 PPT T01, 01
compression – encryption
Derivation of compression –
9 Board T01, 01
encryption.

10 Application Video Video

Deviations if any in targeted hours:

Unit V : SATELLITE APPLICATIONS Target Hours:10

Teaching Aids
S.No Date Topics to be covered References
Required

1 INTELSAT Series, INSAT Board T01, 01

2 VSAT Board T01, 01

3 Mobile satellite services: GSM, Board T01, 01

4 GPS Board T01, 01

5 INMARSAT, LEO, MEO Board T01, 01

6 Satellite Navigational System Board T01, 01

7 Digital audio broadcast (DAB) Board T01, 01

Worldspace services, Business

8 Board T01, 01
TV(BTV)
GRAMSAT, Specialized services – E
9 Board T01, 01
–mail, Video conferencing, Internet.

10 Application Video Video

Deviations if any in targeted hours:

Total No. of Periods Planned 47

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