Satellite Communication Lab

Description

Area & Scope of Experiments: - To set up an active & passive satellite communication link and study their difference. To study the advantages of satellite communication. To study the communication satellite link design: process of transmitting a signal to a satellite (UPLINKING), reception of same signal via satellite (DOWN LINKING) and functioning of transponder. - To measure baseband analog signal parameters. - To measure the signal parameters like fm deviation in an analog FM/FDMTV Satellite link on spectrum analyser. - To study the functionality of a satellite MODEM. - To measure Linear and Circular polarization of antennas on spectrum analyser. - To measure the C/N ratio, threshold on spectrum analyser. - To measure the S/N ratio. - To study the effect of fading and measure the fading margin of a received signal on spectrum analyser. - To measure the Propagation Delay of signal. - To measure pathloss using spectrum analyser. - To study noise on spectrum analyser. - To measure the digital baseband signal parameters in a satcom link. To measure the range of baud rates that the system can support. - To send telecommand and receive the telemetry Data and study the operation of a codec. - To setup a RS***2 satellite communication link using com ports of PC. - To calculate Bit Error Rate in a satcom link.