How is a satellite built? How do they fly? How do they communicate and how does the network operate? You will get all the answers in this course from teachers and researchers from three schools associated with Institut Mines-Télécom.
The course is made of : teaching videos, equipment demonstrations and simulation programs. They will guide you through the discovery of satellite communications. Professionals in the space field will share there vocation for this scientific and technical sector.
Have you ever wanted to know more about transponders, the geostationary orbit, QPSK modulation, channel coding, link budget, TCP over large bandwdith x delay product links ?
This course is for you! This course is available in English: French-speaking lecturers with English subtitles and fully translated contents (slides, practices).
This MOOC is supported by the Patrick and Lina Drahi Foundation.
Introduction to Satellite Communications
Offered By
Institut Mines-Télécom
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1Satellites at our service
This module provides an introduction to satellite communications. Why using satellites ? What sort of communication services ? How much does it cost ?
27 videos (Total 94 min), 4 readings, 8 quizzes
27 videos
Learning in six weeks (or more, or less)3m
Introduction1m
The conquest4m
The challenges2m
Conclusion1m
Going further: the Van Allen belt2m
Introduction2m
The first steps3m
Communications capacity2m
Communications satellites today3m
Conclusion1m
Going further: communications capacity (the return)4m
Introduction & strengths of satellites3m
A variety of services10m
Conclusion37s
Going further: positioning in networks2m
Introduction & navigation5m
Observation3m
Conclusion56s
Going further: space exploration4m
Introduction & the market players6m
Economic elements8m
Conclusion1m
Nathalie Font - marketing2m
Remi Lapeyre - spacecraft operations2m
Common thread: Internet by satellite4m
4 readings
Let's start!10m
The course contents in the blink of an eye10m
Getting the most from diverse contents10m
Practicing with the LabVIEW(tm) educational programs10m
8 practice exercises
Warm up quiz6m
Practice quiz, PQ1-14m
Practice quiz, PQ1-24m
Practice quiz, PQ1-34m
Practice quiz, PQ1-46m
Practice quiz, PQ1-54m
Practice quiz, PQ1-66m
Weekly quiz, WQ120m
Week
2Satellite 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
21 videos (Total 92 min), 2 readings, 7 quizzes
21 videos
A matter of links5m
System engineering5m
Laws of a space communication system6m
Conclusion1m
Going further: managing multiple access by terminals5m
Introduction37s
Overview9m
Various types of orbit3m
Relationship between orbit and service9m
Conclusion40s
Going further: Kepler lays down the law4m
Introduction1m
The platform and its subsystems8m
Payload: antennas5m
Payload: repeater4m
Conclusion40s
Going further: repeater for mesh architecture2m
Patricia Iñigo Martinez - system engineering2m
Nicolas Jacquey - payload engineering1m
Common thread: Internet by satellite5m
2 readings
LabVIEW educational program: orbits10m
LabVIEW educational program: satellite position10m
7 practice exercises
Practice quiz, PQ2-16m
Practice quiz, PQ2-26m
Practice quiz, PQ2-36m
Practice quiz, PQ2-46m
Practice quiz, PQ2-56m
Practice quiz, PQ2-66m
Weekly quiz, WQ220m
Week
3Digital communications
This module discusses the basics of information transmission
18 videos (Total 56 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes
18 videos
Bit rate1m
Bit error rate1m
Conclusion50s
Introduction3m
Bit rate / symbol rate2m
Concept of frequency1m
Bandwidth occupied by the signal3m
Bandwidth / rate relation3m
Carrier transmission2m
Conclusion1m
Introduction51s
Free space propagation6m
Limited bandwidth3m
Noise5m
Conclusion2m
Mohamed Benseddik - regulatory affairs3m
Common thread: Internet by satellite6m
4 readings
Going further: signal digitization10m
Going further: signal shaping10m
LabVIEW educational program: simple signals10m
LabVIEW educational program: baseband modulation10m
4 practice exercises
Practice quiz, PQ3-14m
Practice quiz, PQ3-24m
Practice quiz, PQ3-34m
Weekly quiz, WQ320m
Week
4Communication 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.
17 videos (Total 85 min), 4 readings, 6 quizzes
17 videos
BPSK modulation6m
QPSK modulation8m
QAM modulation9m
PSK modulation5m
Demodulation6m
Bit error rate (BER)6m
Conclusion2m
Introduction1m
Repetition Codes9m
Binary block codes4m
The coding gain2m
The impact of the code efficiency on the BER3m
Conclusion1m
Bouchra Benammar - research and development2m
Mathieu Dervin - research and development2m
Common thread: Internet by satellite8m
4 readings
Going further : I/Q demodulator10m
Going further : APSK modulations10m
LabVIEW educational program: DVB-S2 carrier modulation10m
LabVIEW educational program: signal amplification10m
6 practice exercises
Practice quiz, PQ4-16m
Practice quiz, PQ4-210m
Practice quizz, PQ4-34m
Practice quiz, PQ4-48m
Practice quiz, PQ4-54m
Weekly quiz, WQ420m
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Top Reviews
By SD•Jun 3rd 2017
Ultimate course ... it will help you to clear your basic level concept in satcom. Thanks to faculty of Institute Mines-Telecom . I am looking forward this course in english language.
By NG•May 3rd 2017
It is an excellent course, very systematically presented. I am hard of hearing but thanks to the subtitles I managed to follow the course. Thank you for making this course available.
Instructors
Laurent Franck
ProfessorIMT Atlantique, on leave to Airbus Defence & Space as of September 1st, 2017
Tarik Benaddi
Associate ProfessorIMT Atlantique
Julien Fasson
Associate ProfessorINPT/ENSEEIHT
Nathalie Thomas
Associate professorINPT/ENSEEIHT
Marie-Laure Boucheret
ProfessorINPT/ENSEEIHT
About Institut Mines-Télécom
Institut Mines-Télécom is a public institution dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and digital technologies.
Always attentive to the economic world, IMT combines strong academic legitimacy, close corporate relations. It focuses on key transformations in Digital Technologies, Production, Energy and Ecology and trains the engineers, managers and PhDs who will be tomorrow’s players in these key changes of the 21st century.
Its activities are conducted in Mines and Télécom graduate schools under the aegis of the Minister for Industry and Electronic Communication, one subsidiary school and three strategic partners. The IMT’s schools rank among the leading graduate schools in France.
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