NPTEL Oct 22nd exam results published-Satellite Communication

Dear Candidate,

To view results

  1. Please go to NOC portal – http://nptel.ac.in/noc.

  2. Click on Exam Results Login at the top right hand corner.

  3. Login with the same email id you had used to register for the exam and password will be your date of Birth in ddmmyyyy format.

  4. If you encounter any issues in logging in to the site, please send screen-shots of the error to nptel@iitm.ac.in

  5. If you find any issue with your scores/results, then file your issue by filling this google form

https://goo.gl/forms/4DSKm1JNjkvoivMt2

Last date to report the issue: 3rd Nov 5 pm, 2017

After this date and time, we will start generating e-certificates which will be made available inside the same login.

Status of certificates-

Go to this link to know the status of the availability of your e-certificates and dispatch of hard copies. -NPTEL TEAM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ87MpCCugZ2etJMjWhIPsYRSuh_6l5ZiJB3vNn_eNU_xl5LvLtGfZpYr0uVSv16gXjUrCGDgeHcthi/pubhtml

-NPTEL TEAM


Feedback for Satellite communication

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Satellite Communication : Week 8 Assignment Solution is available !!

Dear Students,

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Hall ticket for October 22nd NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the October 22nd NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on October exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the October 22nd exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://cdn3.digialm.com:443//EForms/configuredHtml/885/52549/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on October 22, 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Gate Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.


NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team


Satellite Communication : Week 7 Assignment Solution is available !!

Dear Students,
                            Solution of Week 7 Assignment is available in the course outline section under Week 7. 


Important Information

Hi,

Those who are appearing in the final examination, please go through the instructions given below. Others may ignore
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1. The final examination will be of three hours duration and it will be conducted in two phases.
2. Each of the question papers contains 48 questions and all are of multiple choice types. One of the given choices is correct and you have to choose the nearest one among the given choices.  Among the questions, there are 20 questions carrying one mark each, 20 questions carrying two marks each and eight questions carrying five marks each. Hence, the total mark is 100.
3. Questions are based on the concepts covered in the video lectures and the numerical solved in video lectures as well as in assignments. Hence, you are requested to go through the lectures and do practise the numerical sincerely.
4. There will not be any negative marking for any incorrect attempt.
5. Use of the scientific calculator is allowed in the examination hall. You are requested to bring your own calculator.
6. Use the standard values unless it is explicitly specified in the question. For example, use the value of the average radius of the earth as 6378 Km unless some other value is specified in the question.
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Wish you all the very best for the upcoming examination. :)


Release of Assignment-8

Hi,

The assignment-8 based on week-8 video lectures is available in the portal. The due date for the submission in on 
2017-10-18, 23:59 IST. Please note that, you are allowed to submit the assignment once.


Satellite Communication : Week 8 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                          Videos of Week 8 are available in the course outline section under Week 8.


Solution of Assignment-6

Dear All,

The solutions of Assignment-6 (both in video as well as in text) are available under the course outline section of Week-6.


Satellite Communication : Week 7 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                            Videos of Week 7 are available in the course outline section under Week 7.


Solution of Assignment-5

Dear All,

The solutions of Assignment-5 (both in video as well as in text) are available under the course outline section of Week-5.


Release of Assignment-6

Dear All,

The assignment for Week-6 is available in the course outline section of Week-6. Please note that you are allowed to submit the assignment once. The deadline of submission is on 2017-10-04, 23:59 IST


Solution of Assignment-4

Dear All,

 The solutions of Assignment-4 (both in video as well as in text) are available under the course outline section of Week-4.


Satellite Communication : Week 6 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                                 Week 6 Videos are available in the course outline section under Week 6.


Last date for Exam Registartion Extended

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration have been extended till Sep 26th, 5pm (Tuesday).

Payment of the exam fee can be done till: Sep 27, 10am (Wednesday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team


Solution of Assignment-3

Dear All,

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Release of Assignment-5

Dear All,

The assignment-5 based on week-5 video lectures is available in the portal. The due date for the submission in on 2017-09-27, 23:59 IST. Please note that, you are allowed to submit the assignment once.


Satellite Communication : Week 5 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                                 Week 5 Videos are available in the course outline section under Week 5.


Exam Type and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 11-15th October 2017. We will notify the same through email.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/cert_preview/certificate_latest.pdf

-NPTEL Team


Satellite Communication : Week 4 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                             Week 4 videos are available in the course outline section under Week 4. 


New Announcement

Dear All,

                             Assignment of Week 4 is available in the course outline section under Week 4. Please note that you can submit the assignment once.


Solution of Assignment-2

Dear All,

 The solutions of Assignment-2 (both in video as well as in text) are available under the course outline section of Week-2.


Satellite Communication : Week 1 Assignment Solution is available !!

Dear Students,

                             Assignment Solution of Week 1 are available in the course outline section under Week 1. 


A Reminder on Certification Exam - Register Today

GET CERTIFIED
 Registration is open from 29th AUGUST 2017 (Tuesday) until 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).

Hurry up to get certified from IIT's and IISc
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Release fo Assignment-3

Dear All,

                             Assignment of Week 3 is available in the course outline section under Week 3. Please note that you can submit the assignment once.


Satellite Communication : Week 3 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                             Videos of Week 3 are available in the course outline section under Week 3


REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 29th AUGUST 2017 (Tuesday) until 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday). 
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 22nd October 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. 
Tentative list of exam cities: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnptel.ac.in%2FLocalChapter%2FAssets%2Fspoc_refdocs%2FOct_2017_Exam_Cities.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFksV6ScgWkPREriW7zk7jpDmjAbA

Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 11 -15th October 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES


1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, only basic details will be editable.


2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 


1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature.  Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till September 20, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this, email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after September 20 2017.


Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM


Extension of Submission Deadline of Assignment-1

Dear All,

Kindly note that, in view of internet outage in Punjab and Haryana, the submission deadline of Assignment-1 has been extended from 31st August to 3rd September.


Release of Assignment-2

Dear All,

Assignment of Week-2 is available in the course outline section under Week-2. Please note that you can submit the assignment only once


Satellite Communication : Week 2 Videos are available !!

Dear Students,

                             Videos of Week 2 are available in the course outline section under Week 2. 


Satellite Communication Systems: Feedback for Week 1

Dear student 

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.


Please post your feedback (Week Wise) at the following links:

Week 1 (Click Here)


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.


Thanks & Regards
NPTEL Team
IIT Kharagpur


Link for downloading the videos lectures

Hi,

You can download the video lectures of this course from the link given below
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http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117105131/


Release of Assignment-1

Dear All,

Heartiest welcome to the course, Satellite Communication. The assignments of week-1 are available now in the portal. The due date for the same is on 31st August 2017 midnight.

Good Luck :)


Syllabus of the course and reference books :)

Hi.

The duration of this course is eight weeks and contains lectures of 20 hours (five lectures of thirty minutes each in each of the weeks for eight weeks). The following are concepts/topic which will be covered during the progress of the course.
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Week-1:
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Introduction to satellite communications,  orbital mechanics, Orbital effects.

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Week-2:
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Introduction to space segments, Satellite bus, Satellite altitude and orbit control, Telemetry and telecommands

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Week-3:
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Satellite link budget calculation, Introduction to noise, Calculation of noise power, Introduction to noise figure

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Week-4:
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Introduction to G/T ratio, Spreading, Calculation of  overall carrier to interference ratio for a satellite link, Effects of Atmosphere on satellite link.

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Week-5:
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Counter measures to propagation effects, Functionalities of Ground segments

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Week-6:
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Introduction to multiple access techniques, Discussion on TDMA, FDMA, CDMA techniques, power limited transponders and bandwidth limited transponders.

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Week-7:
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Introduction to non linearity, effects of non linearity, Linear and Spurious free dynamic range calculations, Synchronization techniques

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Week-8:
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Effects of higher layers in satellite communication, Basic overview of satellite navigation techniques.

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Books:

  1. Satellite communications, 2nd edition,  by T. Pratt, C. W. Bostian, J. E. Allnut, Publisher: John Willey and sons
  2. Satellite Communications Systems : systems, techniques and technology, 5th edition, by G. Maral, M. Bousquet, Z. Sun, Publisher: John Willy and sons


Satellite Communication : Week 1 Videos are available !!

Dear Student,
                           Videos of Week 1 are available in Course Outline section under Week 1. 


Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Satellite Communication Systems

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

 

Thank you for signing up for our online course “Satellite Communication Systems". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

 

The course will begin on August 21, 2017. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

 

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

 

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:

•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.    

•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

 

Details regarding the course:

 

Name of the course: Satellite Communication Systems

Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ec14/

Course duration: 08 weeks course

Dates of exams: October 22, 2017

o        Time of exam : Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm

o        Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.

Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.

Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

 

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification.

 Happy learning - NPTEL team.