Exercises
1. A satellite link operating at 14GHz has receiver feeder losses of 1.5 dB and a free space loss of
[Link] atmospheric absorption loss is 0.5dB, and the antenna pointing loss is 0.5dB.
Depolarization losses may be neglected. Calculate the total link loss for clear sky conditions.
2. An e a rt h station transmits at 8GHz from an antenna of 3.5m. The transmitter generates an
output of 18kW. The satellite is 3990 km from the earth station; satellite gain of 30 dB. The
efficiency of the transmitting antenna being 0.66. Calculate:
Path loss, Transmitting antenna gain, ERIP, received power at satellite, Improvement in a received
power if the satellite uses parabolic dish of 2.5m. Considering your calculated results, suggest, as a
designer, how you could reduce the transmitter power while maintaining the same level of
received power.
3. A geostationary satellite is receiving -100dBW (frequency of 5GHz) from an earth station. If power
transmitted is 100KW from a 10m antenna. Calculate efficiency of the transmitter and suggest a
design to reduce the power transmitted keeping same level of power received.
4. In a satellite communications link, the uplink carrier to noise ratio (C/N)U is 20 dB whereas the
downlink carrier to noise ratio (C/N)D is 25 dB. Find the total link carrier to noise ratio.G_T = 45 dB
5. Find the system temperature for a satellite system which is having an antenna temperature
(TA) = 50K, Gain of RF amplifer (Grf) = 200 and temperature of RF amplifer Trf = 50K,
temperature of mixer (Tm) = 500K, temperature of IF Amplifer (Tif) =1000K and gain of Mixer
(Gm) =0.1. G_if= 150
6. A direct broadcast satellite-TV with two earth stations, is composed of an uplink and downlink with
the following parameters (as shown in the setup in Figure below)
Pt =160 W,
Gt = 34.3 dB
Receiving terminal Gr = 33.5 dB.
Downlink path loss = 205.7 dB
Antenna beam loss = 3.0 dB
Other losses = 0.4 dB
Clear air atmospheric loss = 0.4 dB.
Noise power budget in the earth station receiver are as follows:
Ts = 145 K
Bn = 20 MHz
Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 x 10-23 J/K
Frequency: 6 GHz and
distance 10,000 km
i. Calculate the received power at the earthstation.
ii. What is the carrier-to-noise- ratio of the downlink (C/N) d ?
iii. What should be the uplink carrier-to-noise- ratio (C/N) u to get a minimum permitted overall
ratio (C/N)o = 14.25 dB?
8. In a link budget calculation at 12 GHz, the free space loss is 206 dB, the APL is 1 dB, AA is 2 dB.
The receiver G/T is 19.5 dB/K and RFL is 1 dB. EIRP is 48dBW. Calculate the carrier to noise
spectral density ratio.
9. An uplink of 14 GHz, and flux density required to saturate the transponder is -120 dB(W/m 2). The
free space path loss is 207 dB, the other spatial losses amounts to 2 dB. Calculate the earth-
station EIRP required for saturation, assuming clear sky conditions.
10. An uplink at 14 GHz requires a saturation flux density of -91.4 dB W/m 2 and input backoff of 11
dB. The satellite [G/T]= -6.7 dB/K and the RFL is 0.6 dB/ fnd the carrier to noise power spectral
density ratio. (ans: 74.53 dB)