IT3501 2021-2022

SATELLITES TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Example of Test in 2h
6/12/2021

1. Beidou-3 constellation is the Chinese alternative to Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's
Galileo system, as well as America's GPS. The TLE of three satellites of its 35 third-generation
satellites are given below:
BEIDOU-3 G2
1 45344U 20017A 20322.82070816 -.00000146 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
2 45344 2.7271 331.2946 0001175 237.7446 223.7911 1.00272374 2830
BEIDOU-3 IGSO-3
1 44709U 19073A 20323.04991404 -.00000182 00000-0 00000+0 0 9996
2 44709 58.1702 302.3273 0020892 198.5140 42.0977 1.00285475 4025
BEIDOU-3 M21
1 44793U 19078A 20322.34840976 -.00000099 00000-0 10000-3 0 9995
2 44793 55.0596 10.4739 0005402 344.4674 10.9264 1.86232594 6699

a- The first satellite has a Geostationary Orbit. Can you explain why? (1pt)
b- The second satellite has an Inclined Geostationary Satellite Orbit. Can you justify this
denomination? (1pt)
c- The altitude of GPS, Glonass and Galileo satellites are respectively 20200km, 19100km and
23200km. Compute the semi-major axis of the third satellite to compare its altitude to GPS,
Glonass and Galileo satellites? (2pt)
2. A satellite operator declared at ITU a satellite system that should use 1GHz of bandwidth in Ka
Band. Can you present the scheme of a satellite payload offering 100Gb/s with this bandwidth? (4pt)
3. A forward link is from a gateway to a terminal through a geostationary satellite:
a- Knowing that the uplink C/N0 is 10dB higher than the downlink C/N0, compute the global
C/N0 in function of the downlink C/N0. (1pt)
b- For a downlink is in Ka band, compute the downlink free space losses with a typical downlink
frequency. (1pt)
c- Compute the global C/N0 for a satellite EIRP of 51dBW and a terminal G/T of 17dB/K in
clear sky. (1pt)
d- Compute the global C/N on 36MHz with a roll-off of 0.2. (1pt)
4. For a carrier occupying of full transponder of 36MHz, compute the data rate of bits coded,
modulated and transmitted in DVB-S2 32APSK3/4 of roll-off 0.2. (1pt)
5. Knowing that a transmission in DVB-S2 8PSK3/4 is implemented for an Es/N0=7.9dB, propose a
scheme that could be used when there is 4dB of rain losses and 1dB of implementation losses. (1pt)
6. For an Es/N0=7.9dB in clear sky, is it more efficient to used DVB-S2X? (2pt)
7. To establish an interactive system, a return link in MF-TDMA is added. Compare the modulation
and coding that have to be used for a connection burst and a traffic burst. (2pt)
8. In MF-TDMA, the terminal can change the link budget for the traffic bursts in different ways.
Explain two adaptation options. (2pt)
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