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The most popular forms <strong>of</strong> modulation used in digital communications arebinary phase shift keying (BPSK), quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK),<strong>of</strong>fset-quadrature phase shift keying (OQPSK), <strong>and</strong> 8-PSK. These modulationformats can be described in a general form as M-PSK modulation, whereM ¼ 2 b bits, each symbol represents b bits, <strong>and</strong> b is an integer, 1, 2, or 3. Thegeneralized M-PSK is discussed in Sec. 3.2.A modem converts a digital signal to an analog tone (modulation) <strong>and</strong>reconverts the analog tone (demodulation) into its original digital signal at theother side <strong>of</strong> connection (modems are described in Sec. 3.3.1). Both amplitude-modulation(AM) <strong>and</strong> frequency-modulation (FM) techniques are examples<strong>of</strong> analog-type or uncoded signal-transmission systems with one-to-onecorrespondence between the input signal <strong>and</strong> the modulated carrier eventuallytransmitted.The reader might ask, why code? A coded system makes much moreefficient use <strong>of</strong> b<strong>and</strong>width widening to increase the output signal-to-noise ratiothan does an uncoded system. Coded systems are inherently capable <strong>of</strong> bettertransmission efficiency than the uncoded types.A general division may be made to classify frequency division multiplexing(FDM) voice <strong>and</strong> video signals to use FM while classifying digitallymultiplexed voice <strong>and</strong> data to use some form <strong>of</strong> phase modulation.In the receiving chain, the received signals pass through a sequence <strong>of</strong>processing steps that are essentially the reverse <strong>of</strong> those followed to preparethe outgoing signals. The RF received signals are passed through a low-noisewideb<strong>and</strong> RF front end, followed by a translator to IF. It is at the IF stage thatthe specific uplink carriers hoping to be received are separated <strong>and</strong> grouped bydestination, then demodulated to their original baseb<strong>and</strong> signals followed byan FEC decoder (in the case <strong>of</strong> digital satellite communications). Those notspecifically destined to the earth station are retransmitted, thereby acting like atransponder. The demodulated baseb<strong>and</strong> signals may then be demultiplexed, ifnecessary, <strong>and</strong> thereby transferred to the users.The antenna in Fig. 3.1 is used for transmitting <strong>and</strong> receiving: this typeis called a transceiver. The basic principles <strong>and</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> antennashave been discussed in Chap. 2, Sec. 2.7; they also apply to the earth stationantennas. However, in addition to the antenna characteristics discussed in Sec.2.7, the antenna subsystem requires separate tracking equipment, whichensures precise pointing <strong>of</strong> the antenna at the satellite. With small earthstations where the antenna’s b<strong>and</strong>width is large, precision-tracking equipmentis not necessary. The antenna tracking system can be programmed to point topreassigned direction(s) automatically <strong>and</strong> can also be directed manually. Wediscuss more on antenna tracking systems in Sec. 3.4.2.Copyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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