Maja, Lebogang M.2024-08-282024-08-282023-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14519/539Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Computing: Information Technology in the Department of Information Technology: Faculty of Information & Communication Technology at the Tshwane University of TechnologyOne of the various applications of communication satellite technology is the broadcasting of satellite television (TV). Communications satellites are used for marine applications, large-scale telephone connections, business systems, the internet, and broadcasting television programming. In TV broadcasting, satellite communication is the easiest way of transmitting many services. Satellite communication offers a variety of choices across different regions, thereby overcoming the complex infrastructure requirements of terrestrial transmitters for terrestrial networks. Such networks are needed for broadcasting signals throughout a wide-ranging area such as a country or across continents, providing quality digital television viewing. However, Satellite TV broadcasting includes the shortcoming of outage effects caused by rain fade. Such interruptions are brought about by rainy weather, which will immediately cut signal transmission from the transmitter satellite to the receiver dish, preventing customer picture viewing. To ameliorate such a shortcoming, this study designed an algorithm to amplify the transmission quality of Satellite TV. The proposed algorithm reduced outages caused by bad weather conditions such as rain and storms, among others. MATLAB was used to simulate and evaluate the Gau-Satcomm algorithm against ITU-R and SAM algorithms. The experimental evaluation was based on the three-performance metrics that we considered; namely, Bit Error Rate (BER) average, average attenuation, and outage probability. The proposed Gau-Satcomm algorithm, ITU-R algorithm, and SAM algorithm reflected an average BER of 5%, 8%, and 10%, respectively. Additionally, the Gau-Satcomm algorithm, SAM algorithm, and ITU-R algorithm experienced 4%, 9%, and 11% attenuation, respectively. Furthermore, we compared outage probability across three algorithms at frequencies over 10 GHz. The proposed Gau-Satcomm algorithm, the ITU-R algorithm, and the SAM algorithm minimized outages by 10%, 7%, and 5%, respectively. Therefore, the proposed Gau-Satcomm algorithm outperformed these traditional algorithms on average BER, reduced average attenuation, and outage probability.79 PagesenCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Satellite televisionSatellite technologiesRain fadeBroadcastingFrequency modulationThesis