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ELC 544 RADAR AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATION. Lecture 1. WHAT THIS LECTURE ADRESSES. Prerequisites ECE -324 – Communication Systems I ECE 421 – Communication Systems II ECE 461 – Television Engineering ECE523 Course Outline ECE523 Teaching Sequence Laboratory/Practical Sessions.
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WHAT THIS LECTURE ADRESSES • Prerequisites • ECE -324 – Communication Systems I • ECE 421 – Communication Systems II • ECE 461 – Television Engineering • ECE523 Course Outline • ECE523 Teaching Sequence • Laboratory/Practical Sessions
ECE 461 – TELEVISION ENGINEERING (1) • Basic principles of television: Elements of TV systems standards. Generation, characteristics and compatibility. Block diagram of monochrome transmission systems. Transmission camera tubes and devices. Monochrome TV transmitter and receiver functions. Switched mode power supply (SMPS). • Principles of color perception: Nature of light, color theory and chromaticity. • Transmission principles: Luminance and chrominance signals, quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); Colour TV receiver functions according to international systems. Colour picture tubes.
ECE 461 – TELEVISION ENGINEERING (1) • Advances in TV technology: High definition television (HDTV) systems, Pyro-electric vidicon, stereophonic TV, direct TV broadcast by satellites. Television studio systems. • Very small arperture transmitter (VSAT) Technology: Classification of VSAT’s and their applications.
ECE-544 COURSE OUTLINE 1. Introduction to Satellite Systems: Historical Background, Basic Satellite Services 2. Components of a Communication satellite System: The Space Segment, The Earth Segment, Frequency Bands 3. Characteristics of a satellite System: Coverage; Access; Distribution; Frequency optimization (Bandwidth utilization and Frequency Reuse); Propagation Delay; Flexibility and Availability
ECE-544 COURSE OUTLINE (2) 4. Satellite Communication Services: Satellite Telephone services; Television and Audio Services; Data Transmission; Integrated Services; Emergency Communication Services 5. Regulatory Considerations: Satellite Space/orbit System Regulations; Satellite Frequency Regulations 6. Principles of radar: Pulsed and continuous wave radar. Free space radar range equation; Radar receivers; Automatic searching and tracking radar; Moving target indicator (MTI); Radar performance factors; Doppler effects in the application of continuous wave radar. 7. RADAR Facsimile transmission: Facsimile principles, data compression; Data coding and encryption
TEACHING SEQUENCE (1) 30th January -21st Feb 2012 (4 Weeks) Introduction to Satellite Systems • Historical Background • Basic Satellite Services • Components of a satellite Communication System • The Space Segment • The Earth Segment • Frequency Bands CAT I - Approx. 22nd February 2012
TEACHING SEQUENCE (2) 27th February – 19th March 2012 (3 Weeks) Characteristics of a Satellite System • Coverage • Access • Distribution • Frequency optimization (Bandwidth utilization and Frequency Reuse) • Propagation Delay • Flexibility and Availability 27th March – 10th April 2012 (3 Weeks) Satellite Communication Services • Telephony services • Television and Audio Services • Data Transmission • Integrated Services • Emergency Communication Services • Satellite System Regulations CAT II: 20th March 2012
TEACHING SEQUENCE (3) 10th April – 2nd May 2012 (3 Weeks) RADAR Systems • Principles of RADAR • Pulsed and continuous wave radar. Free space radar range equation. • Radar receivers. • Automatic searching and tracking radar. • Moving target indicator (MTI). • Radar performance factors. • Doppler effects in the application of continuous wave radar. • Data compression, data coding and encryption.. CAT III: 3rd May 2012
LABORATORY/PRACTICAL SESSIONS • Internet-Based Exercise on Satellite Orbits/Satellite Applications/Satellite Sighting • Satellite Transmission Systems • Satellite Receiver Systems
REFERENCE BOOKS • International Telecommunication Union, “Handbook on Satellite Communications-Third Edition,” Wiley, 2002 • K.K. Sharma, “Fundamentals of RADAR and Television Engineering,” S.K. Kataria and Sons, 2009 • Sapna Katiyar, “Satellite Communication,” S.K. Kataria and Sons, Reprint 2010 • Dharma Raj Cheruku, “Satellite Communication,” I.K International Publishing House-2010 • Monojit Mitra, “Satellite Communication,” PHI Learning Private Limited, 2010.