EE-5723 Satellite Communication Systems

Assignment 1

Submission Deadline: Before midterm

Submission Method: Hard copy for Question 1, 2, 3 and 4
Softcopy for Question 5 (Email: muhammad.saadi@ucp.edu.pk)

Please note that this is an individual assignment and plagiarism will be dealt as per university policy.

Question 1 (Marks: 4+3+3 = 10)

Calculate the following antenna parameters:

a) The gain in dBi of a 3m parabolic reflector antenna at frequencies of 6 GHz and 14 GHz;
b) The gain in dBi and the effective area of a 30m parabolic antenna at 4 GHz;
c) The effective area of an antenna with 46 dBi gain at 12 GHz. An efficiency factor of 0.55
can be assumed.

Question 2 (Marks: 7+3 = 10)

AVSAT receiver consists of a 0.66m diameter antenna, connected to a 4 dB noise figure low noise
receiver (LNR) by a cable with a line loss of 1.5 dB. The LNR is connected directly to a
downconverter with a 10 dB gain and 2800O K noise temperature. The I.F. amplifier following the
downconverter has a noise figure of 20 dB. The LNR has a gain of 35 dB. The antenna temperature
for the receiver was measured as 65 K.
a) Calculate the system noise temperature and system noise figure at the receiver antenna
terminals.
b) The receiver operates at a frequency of 12.5 GHz. What is the G/T for the receiver,
assuming a 55% antenna efficiency?

Question 3 (Marks: 7+3 = 10)

The downlink transmission rate for a QPSK modulated SCPC satellite link is 60 Mbps. The Eb/No
at the ground station receiver is 9.5 dB.
a) Calculate the C/No for the link.
b) Assuming that the uplink noise contribution to the downlink is 1.5 dB, determine the
resulting BER for the link.

Question 4 (Marks: 10)

A satellite link employing BPSK modulation is required to operate with a bit error rate of no more
that 1×10-5. The implementation margin for the BPSK system is specified as 2 dB. Determine the
Eb/No necessary to maintain the required performance.
Question 5 (Marks: 5+5+5=15)

Assume the parameters (in black color) in the table below and calculate the parameters mentioned in
red. If something is missing then make suitable assumption. (Marks: 5+5+5=15)

Parameters Dimensions Units

Frequency Ghz
Uplink 6
Downlink 4
Antenna (Circular in shape) m
Uplink
Ground Station 3
Satellite 1
Downlink
Ground Station 1
Satellite 3
Pt Ground Station 10 W
Pt Satellite 10 W
Efficiency for all antennas 1

Uplink Ground Antenna Gain (db)

Uplink Satellite Antenna Gain (db)

Downlink Ground Antenna Gain (db)

Downlink Satellite Antenna Gain (db)

Uplink Path Loss (db)

Downlink Path Loss (db)

Power Received Uplink

Power Received Downlink

C/No
Let Ts = 27dbK, R = 40000km,Eff =1

C/No Uplink
C/No Downlink

Solve the link budget design using;

a) Paper pen
b) Microsoft Excel
c) MALTAB