ATI's Advanced Satellite Communications Systems course

Summary: This three-day course covers all the technology of advanced satellite communications as well as the principles behind current state-of-the-art satellite communications equipment. New and promising technologies will be covered to develop an understanding of the major approaches. Network topologies, VSAT and IP networking over satellite. Instructor: Dr. John Roach is a leading authority in satellite communications with 30+ years in the SATCOM industry. He has working on many development projects both as employee and consultant/contractor. His experience has focused on the systems engineering of state-of-the-art system developments, military and commercial, from the worldwide architectural level to detailed terminal tradeoffs and designs. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Florida Institute of Technology where he taught a range of graduate communications courses. He has also taught SATCOM short courses all over the US and in London and Toronto, both publicly and in-house for both government and commercial organizations. In addition, he has been an expert witness in patent, trade secret, and government contracting cases. Dr. Roach has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Advanced Satellite Communications Systems: Survey of Current and Emerging Digital Systems. Contact this instructor (please mention course name in the subject line) What You Will Learn: Characteristics of satellites Characteristics of satellite networks The tradeoffs between major alternatives in SATCOM system design. SATCOM system tradeoffs and link budget analysis. DAMA/BoD for FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA systems. Critical RF parameters in terminal equipment and their effects on performance. Technical details of digital receivers. Tradeoffs among different FEC coding choices. Use of spread spectrum for Comm-on-the-Move. Characteristics of IP traffic over satellite. Overview of bandwidth efficient modulation types. Course Outline: Introduction to SATCOM. History and overview. Examples of current military and commercial systems. Satellite orbits and transponder characteristics. Traffic Connectivities: Mesh, Hub-Spoke, Point-to-Point, Broadcast. Multiple Access Techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Random Access. DAMA and Bandwidth-on-Demand. Communications Link Calculations. Definition of EIRP, G/T, Eb/No. Noise Temperature and Figure. Transponder gain and SFD. Link Budget Calculations. Digital Modulation Techniques. BPSK, QPSK. Standard pulse formats and bandwidth. Nyquist signal shaping. Ideal BER performance. PSK Receiver Design Techniques. Carrier recovery, phase slips, ambiguity resolution, differential coding. Optimum data detection, clock recovery, bit count integrity. Overview of Error Correction Coding, Encryption, and Frame Synchronization. Standard FEC types. Coding Gain. RF Components. HPA, SSPA, LNA, Up/down converters. Intermodulation, band limiting, oscillator phase noise. Examples of BER Degradation. TDMA Networks. Time Slots. Preambles. Suitability for DAMA and BoD. Characteristics of IP and TCP/UDP over satellite. Unicast and Multicast. Need for Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) techniques. VSAT Networks and their system characteristics; DVB standards and MF-TDMA. Earth Station Antenna types. Pointing/Tracking. Small antennas at Ku band. FCC-Intelsat-ITU antenna requirements and EIRP density limitations. Spread Spectrum Techniques. Military use and commercial PSD spreading with DS PN systems. Acquisition and tracking. Frequency Hop systems. Overview of Bandwidth Efficient Modulation (BEM) Techniques. M-ary PSK, Trellis Coded 8PSK, QAM. Convolutional coding and Viterbi decoding. Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Emerging Technology Developments and Future Trends. Tuition: Tuition for this three-day course is $1590 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation