Problem 1

For an equivalent noise bandwidth of 10 MHz and a total noise power of 0.0276 pW, determine the noise density and equivalent noise temperature.

Problem 2
A coherent binary phase-shift-keyed (BPSK) transmitter operates at a bit rate of 20 Mbps. For a probability of error P(e) of 10-4, a. Determine the minimum theoretical C/N and Eb/No ratios for a receiver bandwidth equal to the minimum double-sided Nyquist bandwidth. b. Determine the C/N if the noise measured at a point prior to the bandpass filter where the bandwidth is equal to twice the Nyquist bandwidth. c. Determine the C/N if the noise measured at a point prior to the bandpass filter where the bandwidth is equal to three times the Nyquist bandwidth.

Problem 3
An earth station satellite transmitter has an HPA with a rated saturated output power of 10,000 W. The back-off ratio loss is 6 dB, the branching loss is 2 dB, the feeder loss is 4 dB, and the antenna gain is 40 dB. Determine the actual radiated power and the EIRP.

Problem 4
Determine the minimum C/N ratio for a QPSK system when the transmission rate is 80Mbps, the minimum energy of bit-to-noise density ratio is 16 dB, and the receiver bandwidth is equal to the Nyquist frequency.

Problem 5
A satellite system operates at 14 GHz uplink and 11 GHz downlink and has a projected P(e) of one bit in every 1 million bits transmitted. The

modulation scheme is 8-PSK, and the system will carry 90 Mbps. The equivalent noise temperature of the receiver is 350 K, and the receiver noise bandwidth is equal to the minimum Nyquist frequency. Determine the following parameters: Minimum theoretical C/N ratio, minimum theoretical Eb/No ratio, noise density, total receiver input noise, minimum receiver carrier power, and the minimum energy per bit at the receiver input.

Problem 6
Complete the link budget for a satellite with the following parameters. Uplink: 1. Earth station transmitter output power at saturation, 2. Earth station back-off loss 3. Earth station branching and feeder losses 4. Earth station transmit antenna gain 5. Additional uplink atmospheric losses 6. Free-space path loss 7. Satellite receiver G/Te ratio 8. Satellite branching and feeder losses 9. Bit rate 10. Modulation scheme Downlink: 1. Satellite transmitter output power at saturation. 2. Satellite back-off loss 3. Satellite branching and feeder losses 4. Satellite transmit antenna gain 5. Additional downlink atmospheric losses 6. Free-space path loss 7. Earth station receiver antenna gain 8. Satellite receiver G/Te ratio 9. Satellite branching and feeder losses 10. Bit rate 11. Modulation scheme 12. Earth station equivalent noise temperature 10 dBW 0.1 dB 0.5dB 30.8dB 0.4dB 205.6dB 62 dB 37.7 dBK-1 0 dB 120 Mbps 8-PSK 270 K

33 dBW 3 dB 4dB 64dB 0.6dB 206.5dB -5.3dBK-1 0 dB 120 Mbps 8-PSK

Figure1. P(e) performance of M-ary PSK, QAM. The rms C/N is specified in the double-sided Nyquist bandwidth