ELEC 4509

Communication Links

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Thermal noise, intermodulation, 1dB compression, dynamic-range, SNR, noise-figure, noise temperature, antenna gain, EIRP, G/T. Wireless: Earth's bulge, Fresnel clearance, path-loss, rainfall, receiver threshold, multipath, diversity. Fiber: loss, dispersion, lasers, PIN detectors. Satellite: GEO, link calculations, FDMA, TDMA, satellite tracking, spherical trigonometry, antenna pointing, LEO.

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing in Engineering or permission of the Department. Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
Communication Links ↗2025