Assignment:
A 10-MHz transponder is occupied by 200 identical carriers, half servicing stations with G/T = 40 dB/K, the other half servicing stations with GIT = 37 dB/K. All stations have a requirement to operate with a bit error probability of 10-5. The transponder is power limited under this configuration.
(a) What is the maximum possible bandwidth for each carrier?
(b) Suppose that each carrier has a bandwidth of 40 kHz, and the transponder is required to service a group of larger (G/T = 40 dB/K) stations only. How many stations can the transponder handle? Will the transponder be power or bandwidth limited?
(c) Repeat part (b) for the case where the transponder is to service a group of small (G/T = 37 dB/K) stations only.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.