Course 5022: VSAT Technology Training Boot Camp - TONEX.com

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• Experienced instructors including senior technology leaders, project managers, technical authors, engineers, educators, consultants, course developers, and CTOs.
• Real life examples and practices.
• Small class size.
• Personalized instructor mentoring.
• Pre-training discussions
• Ongoing post-training support via e-mail, phone and WebEx.

What will you learn at the TONEX VSAT Training Boot Camp?

The use of  Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems is growing throughout the world as a way of establishing private satellite communications networks for large organizations that have several widely dispersed locations, or providing higher bandwidth for the individual. Depending on bandwidth requirement (data speed and/or communications channels), VSAT systems can be relatively small  and easily installed.

A VSAT is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3 meters (most VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 2.4 m). Very Small Aperture Terminals data rates typically range from narrowband up to 18 Mbit/s. Very Small Aperture Terminals access satellites in geosynchronous orbit to relay data from small remote earth stations (terminals) to other terminals (in mesh configurations) or master earth station "hubs" (in star configurations).

This intensive technical course provides the attendees with an in-depth background of VSAT techniques as well as a state of the art update on key emerging technologies and future systems.

VSAT technical boot camp details the technology of satellite communications, focusing on VSAT networks and how they compete with terrestrial alternatives. The fundamentals of Constituent parts of a VSAT configuration,  planning, network architecture, orbits, link budget, coverage, ground equipment hardware,  installation, operation, and maintenance are covered.  

Upon completing of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Explain the basics of Satellite Communications (SATCOM) 
• Define Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT)
• Understand VSAT services and features
• Understand VSAT architecture, system design , multiple access, modulation and coding schemes
• Step through VSAT propagation aspects and antennas
• Investigate the state of the art in new areas such as speech and video coding, and VSAT networking 
• Understand VSAT subsystem & launching
• Understand VSAT link design and analysis
• Explain TCP/IP, VoIP and Video applied to VSAT
• Understand VSAT-base IP communications technologies
• define VSAT voice, video and data applications
• Step through VSAT installation, operation, maintenance  and Troubleshooting

Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Overview

• Communications Satellites
• Common Types of Satellites
  • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) 
  • Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)
  • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
  • Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO
• Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Networks
• What is a VSAT System?
• How does a VSAT Work?

VSAT Networks

• Deployment Options
• International and National
• VSAT Network Architecture
• Star and Mesh Topologies
• Traffic multiplexing
• Multiple access and Assignments Strategies
• Modulation and Modems
• Channel Characteristics
• Security and Encryption
• VSAT Service Provisions and Quality  
• VSAT-based IP Communications Technology
  • VSAT Voice, Video and Data applications
  • Voice and Video over IP
  • VPN and Data Services
• VSAT Equipment
  • Basic VSAT Components
  • Transmitters
  • Antennas
  • Power Generation
  • Air Interfacing and Networking
  • Downconversion and Upconversion
  • VSAT Components: LNB, BUC, Cables, IDU/modem, Feed systems
  • VSAT Block Diagrams

VSAT Access Methods and Modulation 

• Fixed Point-to-Point Links
• Bandwidth Sharing
• TDM, TDMA, FDMA, SCPC, DVB-RCS, DAMA, CDMA
• Modulation and Coding
  • Analog and Digital Modulation
  • BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
  • Overview of Shannon's Theory
  • Symbol Rate and Bit Rate
  • Intersymbol Interference (ISI)
  • Forward Error Correction (FEC)

RF and Microwave  applied to VSAT

• Electromagnetic Waves and Frequencies
• Amplitude, Frequency and Phase
• The Spectrum
• Bands: C, Ku, and Ka Band
• Signals and Noise
• Amplitude and frequency review;
• Overview of Watts, decibels, and gain
• Signal Power and Bandwidth
• Noise power and Bandwidth
• Overview of C/N and C/No, and Eb/No
• EIRP, G/T, SFD, Input/Output Backoff
• Link Budget
• Fade Levels
• Link Margins
• Availability
• Fade Countermeasures

Propagation Effects

• Blockage
• Free Space Loss
• Water Loss
• Rain Zones
• Elevation Effects
• Solar Transit Outages
• Transmitter Distortion Concepts
• Amplifier saturation
• Gain Compression
• Gain Expansion
• Dstortion Spectrum
• Uplink Control Process

   

 Earth Stations and VSAT Terminals

• Components in VSAT terminals
• BUCs, LNBs
• Antenna and Feed Systems
• Modems
• Large Earth Station Equipment
• Typical Block Diagrams

VSAT Antennas

• Types and Operating principles
• Gain
• Antenna Patterns
• Beamwidth and Diameter
• VSWR and Return Loss
• Sidelobes and Effects

VSAT Dish Pointing Concepts

• Latitude
• Longitude
• Azimuth
• Elevation
• GEO Arc
• AZ-EL Beam Movement Across the Arc

VSAT Footprints

• Downlink signal strength
• Downlink EIRP
• Uplink and Downlink Footprints
• Contours

Polarization

• Launching Linearly Polarized Waves
• Matching TX and RX Antenna Orientations
• Cross-Polarized Signals and XPD
• Pol Frequency Re-use and Cross-Pol Transponders
• Cross-Pol Interference
• Linear and Circular Polarization

 Fundamentals of VSAT Installation and operation

• Review of the VSAT  Installation Process
• The key installation steps
  • Site Survey, Mounting the Outdoor Equipment, IFL and Grounding, Dish Pointing and Cross-Pol, Indoor Equipment, Testing the Link
• Importance of High Quality Installations
• Need for high-quality, interference-free installations
• Site Survey
• Line of Sight (LOS)
• Azimuth and Elevation
• Site Survey Checklist
• Equipment Installation
• Accurate Antenna Pointing
• Antenna AZ-EL Pointing
• Carrier Lineup and Cross-Pol Checks
• Grounding
• Lightning Strikes
• Maximizing Link Quality and Preventing Interference
• Indoor Electronics Installation
• IP Network Configuration Concepts
• Ethernet, Internet Protocol (IP)
• Overview of IP Addressing, IPCONFIG, DNS, and DHCP
• Configuration Gateways, Subnets, and Netmasks
• Proxies
• Troubleshooting and maintenance
• Common Field Mistakes
• Troubleshooting VSAT Link
• Troubleshooting Network, and Interference Problems
• Issues the DC Voltage Dop on Cables; Installing the IDU
• Finding the Terminal IP address
• Uplink alignment
• Preventive Maintenance 

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