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the baseb<strong>and</strong> signal (more details appear in Chap. 3, Sec. 3.2.4). Anymeasurable property <strong>of</strong> such a signal can be used to transmit information bychanging this property in some known manner <strong>and</strong> then detecting whateverchanges at the receiver end. The signal that is modulated is called the carriersignal, because it carries the digital information from one end <strong>of</strong> thecommunication channel to the other end. The device that changes the signalat the transmitting end <strong>of</strong> the communication channel is called the modulator.The device at the receiving end <strong>of</strong> the channel, which detects the digitalinformation from the modulated signal, is called the demodulator. Thermal,device, cosmic, <strong>and</strong> terrestrial noise <strong>and</strong> other satellite interference corrupt thesatellite channel. It is the function <strong>of</strong> the demodulators, decoders, <strong>and</strong>decompressors to recover the signal <strong>and</strong> produce the desired replica <strong>of</strong> thetransmitted signal. Coders (encoder <strong>and</strong> decoders) can be as st<strong>and</strong>aloneequipment or can be integrated into a modularized modem: a contraction <strong>of</strong>modulation <strong>and</strong> demodulation (more is said <strong>of</strong> modems in Sec. 3.3.1). Theprimary function <strong>of</strong> the forward error correction (FEC) coding method is toensure low error rates over the satellite link. Error correction techniques areone subject <strong>of</strong> Chap. 6.2.9.1 Channel Filters <strong>and</strong> MultiplexersThe purpose <strong>of</strong> an input channel filter is to confine the b<strong>and</strong>width <strong>of</strong> the signalallowed into the transponder by rejecting unwanted signals such as thosegenerated by the transponder itself (e.g., spurii) <strong>and</strong> from other communicationsystems (e.g., noise <strong>and</strong> harmonics). Filters are electrical or microwave devicesdesigned to allow a selected range <strong>of</strong> signal frequencies to pass whileobstructing those outside the range. They also reduce the possibility <strong>of</strong>interference between transmitted signals.A generic type <strong>of</strong> channel filters is the b<strong>and</strong>pass filter—a filter with bothhigh- <strong>and</strong> low-frequency cut<strong>of</strong>fs. The channel filter in communicationspayload is a b<strong>and</strong>pass filter since it defines the usable b<strong>and</strong>width <strong>of</strong> thetransponder. A communications payload is divided into two parts: antennas<strong>and</strong> transponders, parts that have been previously discussed in this chapter.Figure 2.22 shows four types <strong>of</strong> b<strong>and</strong>pass filters.Figure 2.22(a) is a perfectly flat passb<strong>and</strong> filter with infinite selectivity(or out-<strong>of</strong>-b<strong>and</strong> rejection). It is purely theoretical. Figure 2.22(b) is theButterworth filter, which has a flat passb<strong>and</strong> with slow roll<strong>of</strong>f <strong>and</strong> poorselectivity. It is rarely used in communications payloads. Figure 2.22(c) isthe response <strong>of</strong> the Chebychev filter, which solves the selectivity problems atCopyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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