Satellite communication is a form of wireless communication that covers large area and long distance using satellites as repeaters. Course prerequisite is digital communication. In this course the participants will get the basic technical knowledge of orbital dynamics, subsystems used in space segment and ground segment, power and bandwidth requirement, effect of the transmission medium, other impairments and techniques to mitigate them, regulatory aspect and standards, and some value added examples.
Satellite Communication Systems
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and NPTEL via Swayam
This course may be unavailable.
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1:
Orbit
Week 2:
Space segment
Week 3:
Ground segment, propagation effect
Week 4:
Link Budget
Week 5:
Link Budget, Multiple Access
Week 6:
Multiple Access, Capacity enhancement
Week 7:
Nonlinearity, Synchronization
Week 8:
TCP over satellite, ITU regulations, Standards and examples
Taught by
Kalyan Kumar Bandyopadhyay
