Satellite communication block diagram, earth station. It consists of one or more antennae, a radio transceiver, and a link to one or more bscs. Design elements of satellite telemetry, tracking and. Implementation of computer and telemetry subsystems link. The bts is the radio interface of mobile stations onto the network. Integrating satellite and terrestrial technologies for. Pcs cdma base station transceiver subsystem users manual details for fcc id cklhdmic1900a made by hyundai electronics industries co ltd. Work carried out includes project management, study contracts, the preparation of technical and procurement specifications, proposal evaluation, management of equipment development contracts, earth station design, integration. The bsc is the connection between the mobile and the msc.
Pdf on mar 1, 2010, utsho a arefin and others published a study of cell site. The bss carries out transcoding of speech channels, allocation of radio channels to mobile phones, paging, transmission and reception over the air interface and many. Satellite base station higher data communications speed voip. A ground station that primarily receives telemetry data, or that follows a satellite not in geostationary orbit, is called a tracking station. Base station subsystem bss and network support subsystem nss. The oth communication system will relay critical information from isolated personnel to the.
A ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system, or reception of radio waves from astronomical radio sources. I have created 5 mobile devices and set their behavior in the. Specialized satellite earth stations are used to telecommunicate with satellites chiefly communications satellites. Measurements concern magnitudes as varied as temperatures, voltages, currents etc. The operational database used for realtime processing is derived from this static database and incorporated into the operational environment. As shown in the figure, the communication takes place between space segment. The communications network may be a wireless communications network, and the satellite gateway is configured to communicate with a base station controller of the wireless communications network, such that the terrestrial terminal interface subsystem may provide one or more satellitelinked terrestrial base stations. The communications subsystem handles all transmit and receive communications functions. Work carried out includes project management, study contracts, the preparation of technical and procurement specifications, proposal evaluation, management of equipment development contracts, earth. The base station subsystem bss consists of the base transceiver station bts and the base station controller bsc.
Satellite telemetry, tracking and control subsystems. Member of technical staff ii working in packet channel. Emergency communications, satellite backhauling, gsm, umts. Satellite base station higher data communications speed. It is a satellitebased navigation system that was developed by the united states department of defense. S3 s4 l s3 h s4 h s l s1 12 mhz 6 mhz 15 mhz 12 mhz 12 mhz s4 12 mhz 15 mhz downlink 2,505 mhz uplink. For example, if we consider the solar array subsystem, we need to know the output voltage and current at all times. Keesee october 29, 2003 massachusetts institute of technology 1. O nizuka was a air f orce base rather than air f station. The communications network may be a wireless communications network, and the satellite gateway is configured to communicate with a base station controller of the wireless communications network, such that the terrestrial terminal interface subsystem may provide one or more satellite linked terrestrial base stations. Working in packet channel unit subsystem pcus of satellite base station subsystem sbss project. I eastwest stationkeeping maneuvers to prevent shift in longitude change an oppositely directed velocity component is imparted to the satellite jets pulsed once every 2 or 3 weeks ex. A satellite communication consists of mainly two segments. The earth station and the base station are both equipped with a controller.
Each handheld or portable mobile station consists of a unique identity stored in a module known as sim subscriber identity chip. Overview of widestar ii mobile satellite communications. Other ground stations communicate with manned space stations or unmanned space probes. Satellite subsystems ppt satellite attitude control. The communications subsystem is an important aspect to consider in the design of satellites.
Satellite communication earth station satellite earth station. The design and implementation of various subsystems for. It is hoped that the model can also be the basis for standardization of base station components. Hdmic1900a pcs cdma base station transceiver subsystem. In this subsystem, a part of the bts rf output power will be lost in the cable. Download satellite communication systems notes on basic. Gsm stands for global system for mobile communications. Global system for mobile communication technology mobile device investigations program technical operations division. The reverse link sometimes called a return channel is the link from a mobile user to a fixed base station. Overview the telemetry, tracking and control subsystem provides vital communication to and from the spacecraft. How satellites communicate with earth station for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. It is primarily charged with the task of controlling the maximum ascension altitude and relaying its position according to on.
As successful as the sapphire satellite is, it does have a finite design life and a replacement project is listed in the defence acquisition guide as the sofs 2 surveillance of space 2 project. Sep 04, 2015 how satellites communicate with earth station for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. High frequency uhf base station and will be referred to as such throughout this document. The ground station, or earth station, is the terrestrial base of the system.
The pcus subsystem interfaces with the gbbf ground based beam forming and implements signal processing and channelization functions. Subsystem requirement attitude determination and control antenna pointing command and data handling command and telemetry data rates clock, bit sync,and timing requirements twoway comm requirements autonomous fault detection and recovery command and telemetry electrical interface electrical power subsystem distribution requirements. Telemetry and tracking subsystem implementation of computer and telemetry subsystems link, on a nanosatellite system marlenne angulo, marco a. The measurements describe the satellite, subsystem by subsystem. The satellite must survive the violent forces of the rocket ride into space.
So, accordingly there will be two types of subsystems namely, space segment subsystems and earth segment subsystems. May 19, 2018 the communications subsystem handles all transmit and receive communications functions. By standard the gsm network is divided into four 4 subsystems 1. Each node in both subsystems is fullfledged telecom equipment with redundant power supply, high reliability and protocol stack. American military satellites are controlled in orbit by the air force satellite control network afscn, a worldwide system which tracks the satellites, receives and processes data transmitted by them, and sends commands to them. American military satellites are controlled in orbit by the air force satellite control network afscn, a worldwide system which tracks the satellites, receives and. The equipment used in satellite earth station are shown in fig, the earth station consist of a dish antenna transmitter which can transmit a high frequencies 5. The sbss space based satellite surveillance satellite is a capability similar to sapphire, but significantly more expensive. Sapphire space surveillance satellite missions directory. If it is a communications satellite, this will be a heavy portion of the satellite s construction.
The flight operations segment european space agency. Tele4652 mobile and satellite communication systems. Subsystem h for the ground systems and subsystem d for the components on the spacecraft. The system has been developed by the european telecommunications standards institute. Each channel supported up to eight users and by enabling a base station to have several channels, a large number of subscribers could be accommodated by each base station. The base station subsystem element of the gsm network utilised the radio access technology to enable a number of users to access the system concurrently. The communications subsystem deals with the data transfer from the satellite to a ground station on earth.
Passive and active antenna systems for base stations of. Exploded view of spinner satellite spacecraft subsystem overview. The base station subsystem bss is the section of a traditional cellular telephone network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a. The satellite reference database srdb provided by industry is imported into a static oracle database. Responsible for the interface between ppc440 and the fpga. Frequency synchronization in global satellite communications. Telemetry, tracking, communications, command and data. The station includes a gpsbased timing subsystem for precision time determination for satellite track scheduling. The hlr is a systems that directly receives and processes. Kansas university balloon experiment satellite kubesat. They communicate using a set of protocols over standardized interfaces. Etc microwave besu, shibpur exploded view of spinner satellite spacecraft subsystem overview. Us6856787b2 wireless communications systems and methods.
Satellite telemetry, tracking and control subsystems col john e. The base station subsystem bss is the section of a traditional cellular telephone network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a mobile phone and the network switching subsystem. In other words, the total frequency correction at the satellite access node can be written as 15 where 16 is the center doppler shift correction for the forward feeder link performed by the radio frequency terminal 5 and 17 is the correction performed by the satellite base station sub. In the gsm network, the base station subsystem bss is the part of the network taking care of radio resources, that is, radio channel allocation and quality of the radio connection. Satellite power systems sps concept definition study. The radio sub system consists of the mobile station and base station subsystem.
Nasa contractor report 3324 satellite power systems sps concept definition study volume vii systemsubsystem requirements data book. This transfer can be made either by linking through radio waves to a ground station directly or by linking to other satellites and. Now we take an example of a signal tracking of low earth orbit satellite satellite. Design elements of satellite telemetry, tracking and control. An earth station consists of five major subsystems. Orbital control, often called station keeping, is the process required to maintain a satellite in its proper orbit location. The telemetry tm subsystem receives and processes the satellite telemetry. Implementation of computer and telemetry subsystems link, on. Member of technical staff ii working in packet channel unit. If it is a communications satellite, this will be a heavy portion of the satellites construction. Base station controller bsc using the abis protocol. Figure 8 the base station subsystem bss some of the most important bss tasks are listed in the following.
The mobile station is generally the mobile phone which consists of a transceiver, display and a processor. Nasa contractor report 3324 satellite power systems sps concept definition study volume vii system subsystem requirements data book. The bsc also translates the kbps voice channel used over the radio link to the standard 64 kbps channel used by the public switched telephone network psdn or isdn. Ground stations may be located either on the surface of the earth, or in its atmosphere.
Introduction bob gough has been involved for over three decades in most aspects of both military and commercial earth stations, their subsystems and equipment. In theory the hlr data is stored for as long as the subscriber is with the mobile phone operator. If the link includes a communications relay satellite, the reverse link will consist of both an uplink mobile station to satellite and a downlink satellite to base station which together constitute a half hop. The bsc manages the radio resources for one or more btss. It is a specification of wireless network infrastructure. Widestar ii mobile satellite communications system mobile communications system iprnc bts epc enode b csnasn mgnmrn base station 1. Satellite subsystems a satellite communications system can be broadly divided into two segments 1.