Syllabus
Course Content:
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Unit |
Contents |
Contact Hrs. |
|
1. |
Elements of a communications system and their relationship to system performance. Review of Microwave Communications – Overview of satellite communications. |
9 |
|
2. |
Communications system components and functions, analog and digital communications systems, Satellite subsystems – AOCS – TTC&M – Power and communication subsystems – Computations and controlling by processors. |
10 |
|
3. |
Modulation transmission and reception; baseband and passband digital modulation; – Satellite multiple access schemes – FDMA – TDMA and CDMA – Spread spectrum concepts |
10 |
|
4. |
Comparison of multiple access schemes. – System, noise FEC techniques for mitigating channel errors. |
8 |
|
5. |
Propagation effects on signal transmission; end-to-end path calculations for RF systems including terrestrial ground links and satellite communications. |
8 |
|
Total |
45 |
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