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Introduction to Satellite Communications
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33 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Satellites at our service
This module provides an introduction to satellite communications. Why using satellites ? What sort of communication services ? How much does it cost ? - Week 2 - Satellite and communications
This module describes the overall architecture of a satellite communications system, discusses the concept of orbit and what are the typical sub-systems of a satellite - Week 3 - Digital communications
This module discusses the basics of information transmission - Week 4 - Communication techniques
This module covers advanced transmission concepts such as modulation and coding. These operations are the core of a communications system impacting the service performance. - Week 5 - Hardware and equipments
This module lists the equipments that take part to the communication chain on ground and how the overall communication performance can be assessed - Week 6 - Networking and services
This module explains how services such as voice, television and Internet access are provided by means of communications satellites.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Julien Fasson
Associate Professor
INPT/ENSEEIHT
Nathalie Thomas
Associate professor
INPT/ENSEEIHT
Marie-Laure Boucheret
Professor
INPT/ENSEEIHT
Laurent Franck
Professor
IMT Atlantique, on leave to Airbus Defence & Space as of September 1st, 2017
Tarik Benaddi
Associate Professor
IMT Atlantique
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