The general 2-day course provides an introduction to communications satellite technologies,
services, orbital mechanics to satellite design and launch, configuration and installation of earth stations, the
implementation of communications links, the set-up of the satellite network, the capabilities, and limitations
of current satellites.
The popular and intensive course provides the attendees with an in-depth background of satellite communication
techniques as well as a state of the art update on key emerging technologies and future systems.
It addresses all important aspects of the subject, including traffic, multiple-access techniques, link budgets,
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After completing this course, attendees will be able to:
- Explain the basics of Satellite Communications (SATCOM)
- Understand new SATCOM services and features
- Understand modern satellite system design , multiple access, modulation and coding schemes
- Understand orbital aspects
- Step through propagation aspects and antennas
- Investigate the state of the art in new areas such as speech and video coding, satellite
networking and satellite personal communications
- Understand satellites subsystem & launching
- Understand satellite link design and analysis
- Define Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT)
- Understand Non-geosynchronous systems (NGSO)
- Explore GPS & Mobile Systems (Voice, Data and Video)
- Explain Internet Applications (GEO/ NGSO options)
- Explore the SATCOM trends
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The Satellite Communications Business Model
- Satellite services
- Satellite organizations
- Private satellite networks
- Radio regulatory considerations
- Objectives of frequency/orbit management
- Frequency allocations
Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Overview
- Common types of satellites
- Satellite-based broadcasts
- Satellite TV
- Satellite radio, and pagers
- Satellite phones
- Communications Satellites
- Why catellites for communications
- Low Earth-Orbiting (LEO) communications satellites
- Geosynchronous Earth-Orbiting (GEO) communications satellites
- MEOs and HEOs
- Satellite transmission planning
- Link-budget analysis
- satellite-based networks
- VSAT networks
Satellite communications systems DESIGN
- Basic Components
- Transmitters
- Antennas
- Power Generation
- Air Interfacing and Networking
- Basic Link Engineering
- Satellite Systems Planning
- Antennas
- Link Budgets
- Multiple Access Techniques
- Propagation Interference and Regulation
- Payload Engineering
- Spacecraft Engineering and Operations
- Earth Station Engineering
- Modulation and Modems
- Coding
- Mobile and Satellite PCN
- Military Satellite Communications
- Internet Service Provision over Satellite
- VSATs Networks and Services
- Satellite Navigation and Positioning
- Satellite Broadcasting
Satellite Networks
- Space network architectures
- Orbit types: GEO, LEO, MEO, HEO
- Modulation, Coding, Interleaving
- Free space propagation
- Link budgets for single link and multiple links
- Effects of the propagation delay
- Echo suppressors and echo cancellers.
- Spectrum allocations for satellite systems
- Multiple Access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM
- Satellite component of UMTS
- ATM via satellite
- VoIP Problems over Satellite
- ITU-T IMT-2000
link design, modulation and Antennas
- Satellite systems planning
- Basic transmission principles
- Key parameters: EIRP G/T, SFD, Input/Output Backoff, C/No, Eb/No
- Typical link budget, link margin and availability
- Digital VSAT
- Modulation systems (QPSK, OQPSK, MSK, 8PSK, and 16 QAM)
- Basic aperture antenna definitions and relationships
- Typical antenna configurations for satellite communications
Propagation and Interference
- Radio noise
- Ionospheric effects
- Tropospheric effects
- Interference between satellite networks
- Interference with terrestrial networks
Satellite Access Techniques
- Network architectures
- Traffic multiplexing
- Multiple access, and assignments strategies
- Frequency-division multiple access (FDMA)
- Modulation and modems
- Introduction to modulation
- Channel characteristics
Satellite Engineering for Communications Satellites
- Satellite orbits
- Satellite design
- Future large geostationary mobile communications satellites
- Launch vehicles
- Commercial satellite programs
- Payload Engineering
Mobile satellite communications
- Introduction
- Frequency allocations
- Regional systems
- Current Networks
Satellite Personal Communication Networks
- Introduction and overview
- Wireless mobile radio systems
- Second-generation systems
Satellite Navigation
- Applications
- Fundamentals of time ranging
- System description of GPS
Future Trends
- Service Provisions and Quality for Analog/Digital
- Television and audio broadcasting
- Satellite Phones
- Voice and Video over IP
- Real-time audio, video and data
- VPN services
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