Satlink Tool : A tool for analysing GEO Satcom¶

TABLE OF CONTENTS¶

INTRODUCTION¶

Context¶

SATCOM is the term used for communication via satellite. In this communication a signal is transmitted from the Earth up to a satellite, and then is received back at a different location on Earth. When the satellite is located on a geostationary orbit this process is called GEO satellite communication. The global analysis of a GEO satellite communication system depends on many different parameters: the position of the satellite and earth stations, the characteristics of analog RF links, the satellite payload, the environment and the characteristics of the digital link. The central analysis tool is the link budget.

Purpose¶

The objective of this work is develop a comprehensive tool in LabVIEW that will offer to the students the ability to test different satellite links, and derive the end-to-end system performance. This software will be able to, from a set of input parameters, creatively show the expected link budget of the satellite in terms of determinate parameters like EIRP, G/T, BER.

Delimitation of system boards¶

This project is based in some pre-definitions which edged its application. These limitations are listing below:

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