This document discusses satellite link budgets and calculating the power required to transmit a signal from a geosynchronous satellite to a receiver on Earth. It provides an example of calculating the power needed to transmit a 10GHz signal from a GEO satellite with a 30dB transmitter gain and receive the signal at Earth with a 40dB receiver gain, achieving a received power of -116dBW accounting for a distance of 36,000km and 5dB of additional losses. The document also references resources on satellite communications tutorials and link budget software.
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RECEIVED POWER CALCULATION
Calculate the power that must be transmitted from a GEO satellite to have a
power of -116dBW (2.5 ×10-21 W) at a receiver on the earth.
Assume f=10GHz,
Rx antenna gain (GR) = 40 dB,
Tx Satellite antenna gain (GT) = 30dB and additional losses of 5dB.
R = altitude = 36000 km
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Ref.: J P Silver, Satellite Communications Tutorial, RF, RFIC &
Microwave Theory, Design. www.rfic.co.uk
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SATMASTER Demo
GEO bent pipe
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SATMASTER Demo
Forward link budget
GEO bent pipe
DVB-S2
Ku band
Uplink
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SATMASTER Demo
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Online Help
Parameters explanation
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DVB-S2
Ku band
Downlink
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SATMASTER Demo
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13E (13C) Downlink Coverage
EIRP (saturation) = 51 dBW @Madrid
http://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/the-fleet/EUTELSAT-HB13C-downlink-coverage.html
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EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13E (13C) Uplink Coverage
G/T receive = 4 dB/K @Barcelona
http://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/the-fleet/EUTELSAT-HB13C-uplink-coverage.html
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SATMASTER Demo
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GEO bent pipe
DVB-S2
Ku band
Satellite
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SATMASTER Demo
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DVB-S2
Ku band
Carriers
QPSK ¾
Eb/No: PER QEF 10-8
Underuse Tx Power
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Adjacent Satellite
Uplink Interference
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SATMASTER Demo
Forward link budget
GEO bent pipe
DVB-S2
Ku band
Adjacent Satellite
Downlink
Interference
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SATMASTER Demo
Forward link budget
GEO bent pipe
DVB-S2
Ku band
Rain fading ITU-R
Dual fading if
correlated area
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SATMASTER Demo
Input parameters summary
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Computation of elevation, azimuth, slant range, delay…
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Uplink and downlink C/N computation
Downlink C/N(thermal) dominates
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SATMASTER Demo
% Tpdr. power used is too high!
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Proposal to reduce power: use QPSK ½ instead of QPSK ¾