EE418 Satellite Communications

Dr. Ali Muqaibel

Alsalam Alaikum wa Rahmat Allah

Welcome to your EE418 Homepage. It is a pleasure to have you in this course.
A good start is needed.

I pray Allah that you will find this course fruitful and enjoyable.

Best Regards,
Dr. Ali Muqaibel

Others

#	Material	Week	Class	Note
1	Chapter 1: Introduction to Satellite Communications	2	2	Read Chapter 1 carefully. Quick Open Book
2	Chapter 2: Orbital Mechanics	4	2	SolQ2
3	Chapter 4: Link Budget	9	1

Exam I Monday 7:00PM Location, 59-2002 (download formula sheet)

Tips on how to study for the exam:

You do not have to remember universal constants. They will be provided if needed.
You do not have to remember dates.
You are expected to know all fundamental equations :).
Make sure you understand all homework problems +quizzes +In class practice problems at least we had 8 (you can share the questions through WebCT and private discussion, questions are not posted in the class).
Read all provided slides and make sure you understand every single word. I will be more than happy to provide any help.
The course has some informative part (slides) and some analytical and design part. You should be ready for any type of questions.
Read the text book especially the parts that are not clear for you or the parts that was mentioned specifically.

#	Title	Week	Class
1	Introduction to Satellite Communications and Orbital Mechanics. (doc)	3	1
2	Orbital Mechanics (doc)	4	1
3	Satellite Subsystems & Link Budget Design (doc, corrected)	8	3

#		% of Grade	Due
1	Term Paper	6
2	Computer Assignment I: Look Angle Determination (pdf)	3	Sat. 23 of Oct.
3	Computer Assignment II: Design of Satellite Link Budget (zip)	6	Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010
	Sum	15

Starting Link or comments
ARABSAT	AHMAD ISA AL-SUWAINI
Very small aperture terminals: (VSAT).and other New Antennas for satellite applications	MOHAMMAD SAEED AL-YAMANI
Satellite Positioning Systems: Galileo vs. GPS	Ahmed AlZuhair	Hussam Al-Shammari
Imaging Satellites	Mr. Saleh Alawsh
Low Orbit Satellites for Mobile Applications: Thuraya	Ibraheem Al-Ghamdi	Anas AL-Siat
Wireless (Inductive) Charging	Abdullatif	Ibraheem Al-Ghamdi
Satellites in Military and Spying	Faisal Al-Otaibi	Absullah Al-Samaii
Satellites Earth Station in Saudi Arabia
Future Applications of Satellite Communications
Deep Space Communication: Schemes And Challenges	Maan Al-Amri
Advances in 3D Displays	Saad Al-Muaaiseb	Nayef

Introduction to Satellite Communication (pdf) (Power Point file can be downloaded from WebCT)
Orbital Mechanics. (Power Point file can be downloaded from WebCT)
Problem 2.9 Solved in class with corrected numbers. (WebCT)
Four Long Problems Solved in the class (Jigsaw)
Satellite Subsystems ( For 3.1-3.4 (Power Point file can be downloaded from WebCT), for 3.5-3.8 read the book)
Satellite Antennas (3.6 Download presentation from WebCT)
In class practice (Antenna Engineering Terminology)
Problem 3 from the Book is solved in class
Four End of Chapter Problems in the class (Jigsaw)
Link Design (Part a & Part b, pptx provided through WebCT), Summary of the Link Design Chapter is added to WebCT, In class Example