Satellite Communication Simulation and Its Applications

The computer simulation activities which have been carried out at The Aerospace Corporation for satellite link performance studies and system analysis are reported. A brief description of the modelings of a filter, nonlinear device, modulator, detector and receiver is also given. Some results from the simulation studies, such as the basic link performance in the presence of filters and nonlinear device (hard limiter or TWT), the comparisons of various modulation techniques (OK-QPSK, MSK and PFQPSK), the study of cross talk in a FDMA system, the interference or jamming at the presence of a nearby source, and finally, the intermodulation problem of a multiple channel MFSK system using the frequency hopping, are addressed.