VIT Sat Com Syllabus
VIT Sat Com Syllabus
ECE405
Satellite Communication
Expected Outcome
On completion of the course the student shall be able to:
application.
Unit I Elements of Orbotal Mechanics
Equation, Orbital elements, orbital perturbation; Tracking and orbital determination, orbital
correction / control.
Unit II Elements of Communication Satellite Design
Space environment, Spacecraft configuration, spacecraft subsystems, payload, Reliability
considerations spacecraft integration and testing.
Unit III Multiple Access Techniques
FDM-FM-FDMA, TDMA, SSMA / CDMA, RANDOM MULTIPLE access techniques; packet
switching and packet satellite networks. Satellite on broad processing and switching.
Unit IV Satellite Link Design
Types of systems: BSS, Performance requirements and standards for Telephony, TV and data.
Performance impairments; Noise, interference, inter modulation. Design of typical satellite links.
Unit V Domestic Satellite Systems
The INSAT system, International system: INTELSAT, IMMARSAT, Satellite based personal
communication LEO, ICO, CEO Systems.
Textbooks
1. D. Roddy, Satellite Communications, Prentice Hall, 1989.
2. T. Pratt and C.W. Boastian, Satellite Communication, John Wiley & Sons, 1986. Reference Books:
1. Yunus A. Cengel (2005), Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, Tata McGraw- Hill
Publishing Company Ltd.
2. Y.V.C.Rao (2004), An Introduction to Thermodynamics, Universities Press.
3. C. P. Arora (2005) Thermodynamics, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
4. David R. Gaskell, (2003), Introduction to Thermodynamics of Materials, Taylor and Francis
Publisher.