VSAT Systems Engineering
Key Information
Prerequisites:
Some familiarity with satellite communications is assumed, although all key principles are reviewed during the course.
Outline and Objectives:
Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite communications remain important in many situations, including for effective contribution and distribution of digital content, for broadband Internet access in under-developed countries and for infill elsewhere, and for secure communications in disaster and war zones. This course gives a complete treatment of VSAT Systems Engineering, including options for system design, antenna performance, space-segment calculations, and set-up and tuning of VSAT systems.
Who Should Attend:
Suitable for technical staff involved in designing or deploying VSAT Systems, and anyone wanting a broad understanding of the capabilities and architecture of VSAT implementations.
Course Contents:
- Satellite Fundamentals: Commercial Bands, Footprints, Bandwidths, Polarisations
- Propagation, Losses and Fading
- Antenna Alignment: Beacons, Magnetic Offset and Known Signals
- Systems Elements: Encoders, Modulators, Upconverters, SSPA, HPA, KPA, Waveguides, LNBs and LNAs
- System Integration: IFs, LNB Noise Floors, Cable Losses, Impedance's and Level Checks
- Redundant Systems: 1:1, 1:N, 2:N
- Link Calculations: Eb/No, EIRP, Antenna Gains, G/T, Power/bandwidth trade offs
- Commissioning Tests and Documentation
