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Courses » Satellite Communication

Satellite Communication

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About The Course

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.

Intended Audience

  • Elective Course
  • PG Course 
  • BTech
  • MTech
  • MS
  • PhD

Pre-requisites
Knowledge on Digital Communication
Industry Support - List of Companies/Industry that will Recognize/value this online course

  • ISRO
  • DRDO
  • VSAT operators
  • Satellite Broadcasters.
  • Telecom operators

11743 students have enrolled already!!

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Course Instructor

Dr. K. Bandyopadhyay has over thirty five years of experience in the field of satellite communication at Space Applications Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation. For past eight years he is a visiting Professor at Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

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Course layout
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
suggested reading

Reference Material

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

CERTIFICATION EXAM 

  • The exam is optional for a fee. Exams will be on 22 October 2017.
  • Time: Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
  • Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.

CERTIFICATE

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score.
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT KHARAGPUR. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc