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systems is discussed in Sec. 4.2. Other system parameters areinterrelated <strong>and</strong> are discussed in Sec. 3.4.1.2. Allowable tracking error relative to satellite drift—upper limit toearth station antenna, addressed in Sec. 3.4.2.3. System capacity <strong>and</strong> availability (covered in Sec. 3.4.3).Traffic channel capacity.Service availability <strong>and</strong> cost—including cost <strong>of</strong> connection totelecommunications network or the customers’ equipment isnot excessive.3.4.1 System ParametersThe earth station’s EIRP <strong>and</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> received signal (i.e., sensitivity, G=T)measure the earth station performance. EIRP is the product <strong>of</strong> the poweroutput P t <strong>of</strong> the HPA at the antenna <strong>and</strong> the gain <strong>of</strong> the transmitting antennaG t ; that is,EIRP ¼ P t G tð3:48ÞThe receiving system’s sensitivity is the lowest received signal level for whichthe system will work without, for example, exceeding the desired error rate ordistortion. System sensitivity is <strong>of</strong>ten called the threshold <strong>of</strong> the system, whichis specified by the receiver antenna gain <strong>and</strong> the system noise temperature, T.The ratio G=T is called the system figure <strong>of</strong> merit. As demonstrated inSec. 2.7, the antenna aperture determines gain. The antenna gains <strong>of</strong> differentantenna configuration were also established in that section. Therefore, the onlyvariable is the system noise temperature T, which is discussed next.System Noise TemperaturePrimarily the antenna, the low-noise amplifier (LNA), <strong>and</strong> the interveningwaveguides determine the overall earth station system temperature. This isbecause the LNA usually reduces the noise contributions from the succeedingdevices to a negligible level. We can use Fig. 3.16 to express the systemtemperature. Power loss L 1 rather than power gain G 1 <strong>of</strong>ten characterizes thewaveguide. Gain is related to the power loss by a simple conversion:G 1 ¼ 1 L 1ð3:49ÞCopyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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