Defense Demilitarization Program Course (DDPC)

Defense Demilitarization Program Course (DDPC) will identify what the Defense Demilitarization Program Course DEMIL is and will define what the codes associated with the items mean.  Emphasis will be placed on the accurate coding of Munitions List Items (MLI) / Commerce Control List Items, the employment of the DEMIL manual and the latest changes effecting the DEMIL program.

DEMIL training will be tailored to personnel who have a functional responsibility associated with the logistics and disposal of military property, assignment of DEMIL codes and/or management of the DoD Demilitarization and Trade Security Controls Program.

DEMIL training is required for personnel to assign DEMIL code and to verify and validate that DEMIL of the MLI has been completed.

Target Audience: Provisioners, Inventory Managers and other NSWC PHD personnel who want to become familiar with Demilitarization

Pre-Requisites:  None

 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the participants are able to:

• Identify regulatory and implementing documents used in DEMIL and Trade Security controls.
• Examine the USML to identify MLI.
• Discuss requirements for each DEMIL code.
• Assign DEMIL codes to MLI.
• Identify additional requirements for instructions associated with DEMIL code G, P and F items.
• Identify the entities authorized to perform physical DEMIL.
• Distinguish between DEMIL code “Q” and DEMIL code “A” items by using the Commerce Control List.
• Determine appropriate disposition requirements for MLI and CCLI by using the DEMIL Code Challenge Program
• Interpret disposition requirements for Munitions List Items and Commerce Control List Items.
• Discuss DoD Trade Security Controls
• Interpret the policies and programs applicable to MLI and CCLI in Contractor Inventory.

Course Agenda

• Principles of DEMIL
• DoD Demilitarization (DEMIL) Program
• DEMIL Program Administration
• DEMIL Planning Guidance
• DEMIL Roles and Responsibilities
• Demilitarization Coding
• Policy and assigns responsibilities for the DoD DEMIL program
• DoD Directive 5134.01
• Oversight of DEMIL functions
• DEMIL code assignment accuracy
• DEMIL life cycle planning
• Section 1051 of Public Law 105-261
• DoD programs for the research, development, and acquisition; management; sustainment; maintenance; disposition; or release of DoD personal property
• Commerce Control List (CCL)
• Trade security controls (TSC) measures
• DoD Instruction 2030.08
• Sensitive and non-sensitive Commerce Control List Items (CCLI)
• International transfers procedures in DoD Instruction 2040.02
• DEMIL Validation Program
• DEMIL and Controlled Inventory Item Codes (CIICs)
• DLA Disposition Services
• DLA Disposition Services/Controlled Property Verification
• DEMIL Waivers and Modifications
• Captured Property
• Qualified Recycling Program

Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) training course covers the theories, concepts, and methods required for DVP&R. Design verification, in general, is a crucial part of any product development. It is a key step in qualification testing, ensuring that the final product is the same as the product was supposed to design and develop. Failing to complete this step can lead to produce and manufacture a product that doesn’t meet the characteristics of the designed product or the prototype.

As you might know, many clients take the testing and design verification of products very seriously, as though in the same importance as the actual design. Even so, many contracts require design verification as a major phase, in which the clients often send their own people to witness testing and to ensure they are conducted to their satisfaction. Therefore, if you are the manager of or a member of the quality, R&D, and design team, you need to know how to conduct design verification and how to prepare the report. The TONEX Design Verification Plan and Report training course will help you gain sufficient knowledge and develop necessary skills to be able to complete DVP&R for your products.

TONEX Design Verification Plan and Report training includes many in-class activities including hands on exercises, case studies and workshops. During the DVP&R workshops, attendees can bring in their own design work and products and through our coaching, develop their own Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R).

While testing might seem costly at first, the price of not having it done can be way higher plus it can negatively affect the reputation of the company in the client’s view if the final product doesn’t meet the promised characteristics.

Testing should be included in the design process at many points, from the very beginning when the concept is developed to the end when the final product is produced. Although type of the tests and the methods vary from one point to another, the general guidelines are applied to all. During the DVP&R training course, we will teach you these guidelines and also teach you how to tailor them based on where, where, and the type of product for which you are conducting the tests.

Historically, DVP&R processes have been practiced by the automotive industry. However, currently such processes are being used in almost all manufacturing industries including mechanical, electrical, chemical, and even pharmaceutical and that’s because a proper Design Verification/Product Validation (DV/PV) can significantly eliminate failure modes and increase the reliability of the product. In this seminar, we will walk you through all the steps of a good, effective DV/PV that is appropriate for your industry.

Audience

The TONEX Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) training is a 2-day course designed for:

• Engineers, scientists, and managers involved with manufacturing
• Production and manufacturing team
• Product design personnel
• Reliability, testing, and quality team members
• R&D personnel
• Product and process assurance people
• Assembly personnel

Training Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees are able to:

• Understand and explain the importance of Design Verification Plan and Report
• Discuss the theory of Design Verification Plan and Report
• Design an appropriate DVP for the product they are testing
• Design and conduct necessary and relevant testing at various points during the design process
• Interpreted the results of the testing to find if and where the problem is and where the product deviates from standards
• Prepare the Design verification Report
• Test the prototype
• Identify the best method to conduct the verifications
• Developing measurement methods
• Determine opportunities to combine all verification activities
• Determine required equipment, software, facilities, etc. to conduct verifications
• Determine a high-level verification schedule

Course Outline

Overview and Background

• Definition of Design Verification
• What is a Design Verification Plan and Report
• Why is it crucial in the designing and manufacturing process?
• How does it impact the quality of the product, cost of production, and customer satisfaction?
• When DVP&R is needed?

Introduction to Design Verification

• Tests development
• Prototype testing
• Proof testing
• Acceptance testing

The Verification Process

• Basics of verification
• Design scenarios and verification action plan
• Verification; a risk-based process
• Different types of risks
• How to incorporate risk to affect the verification practice
• Model of risk-based verification design

Verification Methods

• Demonstration
• Inspection
• Analysis
• Similarity
• Testing
• How to select the most appropriate method

The Verification Activities

• Identifying verification activities
• Preparing for verification activities
  • Best approach identification
  • Measurement methods definition
  • Verification activities combination
  • High-level verification schedule identification
  • Developing a detailed Design Verification Plan
• Conducting verification activities
  • Performing the Design Verification Plan
  • Logging the results
  • Highlighting the non-conformance

Implementing A DVP&R

• Setting out the verification testing method
• Outline your Verification Plan
  • Review all the requirements and protocols
  • Analyze the potential risks
  • Draft you Verification Plan
• Refine your Verification Plan
  • Identify the verification demand
  • Review all the possible verification methods
  • Analyze all the advantages/disadvantages of each method
  • Select the best approach
  • Validate the selected method(s)
• Perform protocols
  • Complete protocols
  • Implement protocols

Complementary Checklist

• Verification methods development
  • Draft the methods
  • Check the methods
• Documentation
  • Documenting all the plans and protocols
• Implement and manage changes in the design based on the DVP&R

Design Verification Plan & Report Hands-on and In-Class Activities

• 3 Labs
• 2 Workshops
• 1 Group Activity

Sample DVP&R Activity Workshop

• How to develop a DVP&R Template (TONEX’s DVP&R Template)
• How to develop proper methods
• How many testings (testing points) would you need?
• Analyzing the potential risks
• How to read the raw data and analyze them?
• How to use data to decide whether (or not) the prototype or sample has deviated from its specifications?
• How to prepare the report
• How to use the report to make adjustments?

Pipeline Leak Detection Training Course Description

Pre-Requisites

Pipeline Leak Detection Training | Pipeline Leak Monitoring Training

Outline

Basic Fundamental and Concepts of Leak Detection

• General Types of Energy Pipelines
• Crude oil
• Multi-products with varying batch sizes
• Natural gas including wet gas
• Carbon Monoxide (CO)
• Hydrogen (H2), Ethylene, Chlorine, Propylene, LPG, and Water
• Pipeline Components
• Structural Design of Pipeline
• Planning and Construction of Pipeline
• Instrumentation and Pigging
• Maintenance, Reliability and Failure Analysis
• Pipe defects
• Corrosion on Pipeline
• Pipeline Rehabilitation and Repair Techniques
• Flaws in Pipeline Leak Detection Systems
• Leak Detection Systems (LDS)
• Leak Detection and SCADA Systems
• Integration of a LDS with SCADA
• Multiphase pipeline leak detection
• Pipeline Risk Assessment
• Pipeline Maintenance and Repair
• Classification of Leak Detection Technologies
• Evaluation of Leak Detection Systems
• Standards for Leak Detection Systems

Overview of Leak Detection Systems (LDS)

• LDS technologies / methods
• LDS technologies / methods
• LDS components
• Hydraulics theories pertaining to LDS
• Communication infrastructure
• Operations & maintenance
• Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
• Pipeline Leak Detection Best Practices
• Statistical Pipeline Leak Detection
• Rarefaction Wave Leak Detection
• Multiphase Pipeline Leak Detection
• Internally based LDS
• Pressure/Flow monitoring
• Acoustic Pressure Waves
• Balancing methods
• Statistical methods
• RTTM methods
• E-RTTM methods
• Bubble Emission Method

Types of LDS

• Externally based LDS
• Infrared radiometric pipeline testing
• Acoustic emission detectors
• Vapour-sensing tubes
• Fibre-optic leak detection
• Visual Inspection Procedures
• Visual Leak Detection Capability
• Manual Over/Short Calculation
• Pressure Monitoring
• Discrete Sensor based Technologies
• Liquid Sensing
• Vapor Sensing
• Acoustic Emissions
• Factors that can affect External Methods

LDS Technique Selection

• Pipeline Service Types
• Types by Transport Function
• Pipe Leakage Evaluation
• Components and Definitions
• LDS Technique Selection
• LDS Selection Methodology
• Methods Used
• Burst & leak history
• Pipeline Audits
• DMA/Flow
• Measurement (flow into less flow out of network)
• Hydrostatic testing (pressure testing)
• Pipeline Asset Management
• Infrastructure Leakage Index (ILI)
• Pressure Control
• District Meter Areas (DMA’s)
• Leak Noise Surveys
• Leak Correlation Survey’s
• Noise Logger Survey’s
• Acoustic emission
• Acoustic with Correlation
• Ultrasonic
• Ultrasonic flow measurement
• Transit time and Doppler
• Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters
• Transducers
• Measuring fluid flow velocity
• Nonintrusive clamp-on transducers
• Distance Measurement
• Advanced Correlation
• Infrared Thermography
• Chemical
• Mechanical
• Ground Penetrating Radar
• Volume or mass balance
• Rate of change in flow or pressure
• Hydraulic modelling
• Pressure point analysis
• Limitations of Leak Detection Methods
• Method
• Application
• Limitations

Leak Classification and Action Criteria

• Multiphase flow
• Hydrates
• Monitoring Techniques
• Computational Methods
• Over/Short Comparison
• Volume Balance with Line Pack Correction
• Pattern of Discrepancy Between Modeled and Measured Pressure and/or Flow
• Rate of Pressure/Flow Change
• Statistical Methods
• System Identification with Digital Signal Analysis
• Rupture Detection
• Comparison of Computational Methods
• Field Instrumentation Requirements

Bluetooth Training Bootcamp, Hands-on Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth LE (BLE) Training

Bluetooth Training Bootcamp, is a 3-days Hands-on Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth LE (ble) Training Bootcamp with workshops, and exercises. This is a  practical Classic Bluetooth and BLE Training with hands-on activities.

Learn about Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wireless technology standards. Both Classic Bluetooth and BLE operate in the 2400-2483.5 MHz range within the ISM 2.4 GHz frequency band. In Classic Bluetooth, data is split into packets and exchanged through Bluetooth channels (79 designated channels, 1 MHz in bandwidth).

Bluetooth Classic is a good fit for consumer products vs. BLE with lower power consumption for Machine to Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT).

BLE also operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band and unlike classic Bluetooth it remains in sleep mode most of the time (low duty cycle).

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

• List the requirements and capabilities of Classic Bluetooth
• List the requirements of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) including Bluetooth 4.2 (BLE) and Bluetooth 5
• Compare Classic Bluetooth vs. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Explain the simplified architecture of both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Describe enhanced features in LTE Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Describe Profile and Services in Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Describe implementation models for both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Describe the concept of GAP/GATT in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Explain the security features in both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Sniff L2 and L3 packets in both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) using sniffers and devices
• Analyze L2/L3 packets in both Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Analyze and compare Physical Layer of Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) using spectrum analyzers

Topics Include Details of Classic Bluetooth and BLE Profiles and Protocols

• Profiles and Services
• Classic Bluetooth Physical Layer Classic Bluetooth Controller stack
  • Classic Bluetooth Link layer
  • Asynchronous Connection-Less (ACL)
  • Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO)
  • Active Slave Broadcast (ASB)
  • Parked Slave Broadcast (PSB)
  • Link control protocol (LC)
  • Link manager protocol (LMP)
  • Low-energy link layer (LELL)
  • Host controller interface (HCI

• Classic Bluetooth Host stack
  • Logical link control and adaptation protocol (LCAP)
  • Bluetooth network encapsulation protocol (BNEP)
  • Radio frequency communication (RFCOMM)
  • Service discovery protocol (SDP)
  • Telephony Control Protocol Specification (TCS)
  • Audio/video control transport protocol (AVCTP)
  • Audio/video distribution transport protocol (AVDTP)
  • Object exchange (OBEX)
  • Low Energy Attribute Protocol (ATT)

• BLE Profiles and Services
• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Controller and Host stack
• Generic Access Profile (GAP)
• Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
• LE Privacy
• BLE HCI Commands
• Privacy and White List
• Logical Link Control and Adaptation Layer Protocol (LCAP)
• Host Controller Interface (HCI)
• BLE Link Layer
• BLE Physical Layer

Bluetooth Classic and BLE Combo Training Bootcamp Agenda

Introduction to Bluetooth Classic

• What is Bluetooth technology?
• Bluetooth Standards
• IEEE Related Standards
• The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)
• Conformance and Compatibility Testing
• Applications for Bluetooth
• Classic Bluetooth
• Bluetooth Services
• Basic Bluetooth Operation
• Configuring Bluetooth Devices
• Device Discovery and Service Discovery
• Data Throughput and Range
• Spectrum
• Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
• Interference
• Class of Radio
• Power and Range

Classic Bluetooth Protocols       

• PHY characteristics
• Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH)
• Link management protocol (LMP)
• Packet structure, signaling, discover and connection procedures
• Logical link control and adaptation protocol (L2CAP)
• Host/controller interface (HCI)
• Bluetooth network encapsulation protocol (BNEP)
• Radio frequency communication (RFCOMM)
• Service discovery protocol (SDP)
• Audio/video control transport protocol (AVCTP)
• Audio/video data transport protocol (AVDTP)
• Asynchronous Connection-oriented (ACL)
• Synchronous connection-oriented (SCO)

Classic Bluetooth Operation

• Bluetooth Operations
• Classic Bluetooth packet structure and connection procedures
• Device Discoverability
• Device Connectability
• Bluetooth Classic Architecture
• Masters and Slaves
• Piconets and Scatternets
• Device Addressing
• Pairing and Bonding
• Inquiry and Paging
• Security
• Link Keys
• Authentication
• L2 Packet Exchange
• Bluetooth Packets
• Packet structure, signaling, discover and connection procedures
• Advertising Packets, and Scan Response Data
• Data exchange

Working with Classic Bluetooth Profiles

• Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
• Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
• Human Interface Device Profile (HID)
• Synchronous Connection-Oriented (SCO)
• Headset Profile (HSP)
• Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)

Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

• BLE Background theory
• BLE vs. Bluetooth Classic
• BLE features
• BLE Profiles and Services
• The lowest power consumption
• Robustness, security, and reliability
• Wireless co-existence
• Connection range and data rates
• Ease of use and integration

Overview of BLE Protocols

• Generic Access Profile (GAP)
• Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
• Attribute Protocol (ATT)
• Security Manager (SM)
• Security and AES Encryption (NIST and NSA versions)
• Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
• Enhancements to L2CAP for Low Energy
• Host Controller Interface (HCI), Host side
• Host Controller Interface (HCI), Controller side
• Enhancements to HCI Protocol
• Direct Test Mode (DTM)
• BLE Link Layer
• BLE PHY Characteristics

BLE Operation

• Bluetooth Configuration
• Core Configurations
• Basic operations (GAP)
• Device roles
• Connections in BLE
• Event flow and handling
• Scanning
• Connecting
• Service Discovery
• Device discovery
• Connection management
• Pairing
• Bonding
• Sending and receiving data
• Low power idle mode operation
• Device discovery
• Reliable point-to-multipoint data transfer
• Advanced power-save
• Advanced encryption functionalities
• Single mode and dual mode
• BLE Device Roles
• Central and peripheral roles
• Server and client roles
• Advertising and Scan Response Data
• Establishing a connection
• Connected Network Topology
• GATT Transactions
• Services and Characteristics
• Profiles vs. Services
• Characteristics

Introduction to Bluetooth 5

• Bluetooth Core 5.0
• Bluetooth 5.0 Architecture
• Changes from v4.2 to v5.0
• Bluetooth 5.0 Features Added
• Integrated in v5.0
• Deprecated Features
• Slot Availability Mask (SAM)
• 2 Msym/s PHY for LE
• LE Long Range
• High Duty Cycle Non-Connectable Advertising
• LE Advertising Extensions

Practical Activities

• Quizzes and homework
• Hands-on labs and demos
• Hands-on Activities: Working with Classic and BLE Profiles
• Hands-on Activities: Introduction, Setup, Pairing and Bonding Bluetooth Devices (classic and BLE)
• Hands-on Activities: Sniffing Bluetooth L2 packets
• Hands-on Activities: Sniffing BLE Bluetooth
• Hands-on Activities: Analyzing Bluetooth and BLE L1 (Physical Layer)
• Hands-on Activities: Capturing Bluetooth and BLE L2/L3 Packets
• Hands-on Activities: Working with Profiles
• Hands-on Activities: Create your own Profile

NERC CIP Training Bootcamp, a 5-Day Hands-on Cybersecurity Certificate

NERC CIP Training Bootcamp,   North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) training bootcamp is a crash course style training program designed and crated to meet the needs of the electric in regards to CIP compliance: Cyber Security for NERC CIP Versions 5 & 6 Compliance.

Security specialists, CIP Senior Manager, analysts, designer engineers, system operators, directors of CIP compliance, VPs of operations.

NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) training bootcamp is a 5-day crash course empowers attendees with knowledge and skills covering version 5/6 standards. NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection training bootcamp addresses the role of FERC, NERC and the Regional Entities.

Learn approaches for identifying and categorizing BES Cyber Systems and requirements tio implement and comply the standards including strategies for the version 5/6 requirements.

TONEX is the industry leader in Cyber Security and NERC CIP. Our courses are planned, designed and developed by NERC CIP experts in CIP implementation and audits.

Learn how NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) requirements address physical security and cybersecurity of the critical electricity infrastructure of North America including:

• References to NERC CIP associated documents
• References to Implementation Plan for Cyber Security Standards
• References to Mandatory Reliability Standards for CIP
• Guidance for Enforcement of CIP Standards
• References to NERC CIP Rules
• Best practices for managing NERC Compliance
• Protecting: physical security, cybersecurity, emergency preparedness and response
• Business continuity planning, and recovery from a catastrophic event with emphasis on deterring, preventing, limiting, and recovering from terrorist attacks
• Sabotage Reporting
• Critical Cyber Asset Identification
• Security Management Controls
• Personnel & Training
• Electronic Security Perimeter(s)
• Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets
• Systems Security Management
• Incident Reporting and Response Planning
• Recovery Plans for Critical Cyber Assets
• Deterring to dissuade an entity from attempting an attack
• Preventing  to cause an attempted attack to fail
• Limiting  to constrain consequences of an attack in time and scope
• Recovering – to return to normalcy quickly and without unacceptable consequences in the interim
• Operating, Planning, and Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee
• Security Guidelines
• Control Systems Security
• Cyber Security Analysis
• Operating Security
• Business Continuity Guideline
• Physical Security
• Protecting Sensitive Information
• Security Policy
• Bulk Electric System Security Metrics
• Personnel Security Clearances
• Compliance Enforcement and Input

Learn about:

• Concepts behind The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Energy Policy Act)
• Concepts behind Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) authority
• Concepts behind Reliability of the bulk power system, commonly referred to as the bulk electric system or the power grid
• Concepts behind Mandatory cybersecurity reliability standards
• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
• Role of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for smart grid guidelines and standards

MIL-STD-810G Training,  MIL-810G training, Military Standard 810G Testing Course, TEST METHOD STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS

MIL-STD-810G Training course, MIL-810G training provides technical understanding and guidance about the objectives and application of MIL-STD-810G, environmental design and test considerations and standards.

MIL-STD-810G training covers materiel acquisition program planning and engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on materiel throughout all phases of its service life.

TONEX’s MIL-STD-810G training does also recommends design or test specifications based on environmental processes resulting in realistic materiel designs and test methods (based on materiel system performance requirements)

MIL-STD-810G training covers all the tests, the required equipment to perform each test, along with  the methodology to apply.

MIL-810G Training Learning Objectives

Upon completion of MIL-810G training, the attendees will:

• Describe the objectives of MIL-STD-810G
• Explain the benefits of MIL-STD-810G standard
• Describe the major MIL-STD-810G test cases
• List types of vibration, shock and climatic tests
• Tailor materiel item’s environmental design and test limits to the conditions
• Establish laboratory test methods that replicate the effects of environments on materiel
• Describe Sine and Random Vibration, classical waveform shock testing and drop testing
• Explain procedures behind Shock Response Spectrum Testing
• Describe and select equipment and instrumentation to perform each test
• List climatic test requirements, origination, equipment required, test methodology and understanding of results

 Course Content

Introduction and Course Overview

• Introduction, History and Scope of MIL-STD-810G –
• Environmental Engineering Programs
• Environmental Management
• Engineering Tasks and Engineering Management
• Guidance for Program Management and Environmental Tailoring
• Environmental Test Procedures
• Typical Format for Environmental Test Procedures
• Testing methods’ Introduction and Limitations
• History and Rationale
• Effects of the Environment
• Test Sequence and Procedures
• Analysis of Results
• Equipment Needed
• Sinusoidal vs. random vibration testing systems
• Testing specifications, standards and procedures.
• Vibration and shock test fixture design, fabrication, experimental evaluation and usage
• Shock measurement, shock response spectrum (SRS) and shock testing

General Program Guidelines

• Roles and Guidelines
• Tailoring Procedures
• Program Managers
• Operational Requirements Document (ORD)
• System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
• Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
• Environmental Engineering Specialists (EES)
• Preparing an Environmental Engineering Management Plan (EEMP)
• Developing an Environmental Test and Evaluation Master Plan (ETEMP)
• Defining a Life Cycle Environmental Profile (LCEP)
• Developing Operational Environment Documentation (OED)
• Developing an Environmental Issues/Criteria List (EICL)
• Preparing a Detailed Environmental Test Plan (DETP)
• Preparing an Environmental Test Report (ETR)
• Design and Test Engineers and Facility Operators
• Roles of design engineers
• Roles of test engineers/facility operators
• Guidance for design and test engineers and test facility operators
• Natural environment (field/fleet) testing
• Laboratory testing
• Classical sinusoidal vibration
• Resonance effects
• Acceleration & force measurement
• Electrohydraulic shaker systems
• Electrodynamic shaker systems
• Sine vibration testing
• Random vibration testing

MIL-STD-810G Testing Methods

• Military Standard testing
• Climatics
• Climatic Conditions and Daily Cycles of Temperature, Solar Radiation, and Relative Humidity
• Temperature testing
• Temperature shock
• Humidity
• Altitude
• Low Pressure (Altitude)
• High Temperature
• Low Temperature
• Temperature Shock
• Contamination by Fluids
• Solar Radiation (Sunshine)
• Rain
• Humidity
• Fungus
• Salt Fog
• Sand and Dust
• Explosive Atmosphere
• Immersion
• Acceleration
• Vibration
• Acoustic Noise
• Shock
• Pyroshock
• Acidic Atmosphere
• Gunfire Shock
• Temperature, Humidity, Vibration and Altitude
• Icing/Freezing Rain
• Ballistic Shock
• Vibro-Acoustic/Temperature
•  Freeze /Thaw
• Time Waveform Replication
• Rail Impact
• Multi-Exciter Testing (MET)
• Mechanical Vibrations of Shipboard Equipment

General Laboratory test Method Guidelines

• Test Conditions
• Tolerances for Test Conditions
• Test Instrumentation
• Suitability for environment
• Calibration
• Stabilizing Test Temperature
• Test item operating
• Test item non-operating
• Test Sequence
• Test Level Derivation
• Test Setup
• Test item operation
• Interrupted Tests
• In-tolerance interruptions
• Out-of-tolerance interruptions
• Interruption due to test item operation failure
• Combined Tests
• Post-test Data
• Environmental Effects and Failure Criteria
• Environmental Test Reports
• Water Purity
• Analysis of Results
• Monitoring
• Monitoring test chamber parameters
• Monitoring the item under test
• Total High Temperature Exposure Duration

Environmental Management and Engineering Tasks 

• Task 401 – Environmental Engineering Management Plan (EEMP)
• Task 402 – Life Cycle Environmental Profile (LCEP)
• Task 403 – Operational Environment Documentation (OED)
• Task 404 – Environmental Issues/Criteria List (EICL)
• Task 405 – Detailed Environmental Test Plans (DETP)
• Task 406 – Environmental Test Reports (ETR)
• Detailed Program Management Guidance
• Environmental Tailoring Guidelines for Environmental Engineering Specialists (EES)
• C-1 Areas of occurrence of climatic categories A1, A2, & A3 C-5
• C-2 Areas of occurrence of climatic categories B1, B2, & B3 C-6
• C-3 Areas of occurrence of climatic categories C1, C2, & C3 C
• C-1 Areas of occurrence of climatic categories A1, A2, & A3 C-5
• C-2 Areas of occurrence of climatic categories B1, B2, & B3 C-6
• C-3 Areas of occurrence of climatic categories C1, C2, & C3 C-7

Advanced Satellite Communications Systems Training, Advanced SATCOM Training

Advanced Satellite Communications Systems Training, Advanced SATCOM Training, is a 3-day comprehensive technical training covering all aspects of satellite technology, system survey,  systems engineering as applied to satellite communications, hardware, software, applications, digital communications and processing in modern satellite networks, IP convergence, optimization and management.

Participants will learn about the fundamentals of satellites, advanced planning, analysis, architecture and  design, reliability, ground control systems, earth stations, operation and maintenance, logistics of the satellite systems and their major segments and components. Participants will also gain practical understanding of the basic design, construction and usage of commercial satellite networks, satellite system functional architecture and more.

Learn about:

• The current state-of-the-art satellite communications systems, segments, equipment and components
• Advanced communications and network principles, topologies and architecture, IP technology and networking convergence,  Voice ad Video over IP over satellite
• Communications link details and specifications
• Best Design and Implementation Practices
• Design Lessons Learned from Failures
• Communication Link budget theory and system and component Design
• Using Tools to analysis and design major components

Methods of Learning: The methods of learning consist of visual presentations on Advanced SATCOM, textbook, discussions, activities and involvement of all participants in practical exercises to demonstrate application of knowledge learned.

Who Should Attend

• Analysts
• Engineers and Technicians
• Product support analysts
• Project managers
• Reliability managers and engineers
• Supportability representatives
• Technical managers
• Product managers
• Software developers
• Testers

Highlights of Advanced SATCOM Training:

• Satellite Communications Applications
• Overview SATCOM Systems
• Overview SATCOM Military and Commercial Systems
• Overview of next-gen communications satellites, payloads, wideband payload and platform control assets, and earth terminals operations
• Overview of next-gen battlespace communications
• Satellite Systems Engineering and Economics
• Satellite Orbits and Transponder
• Differences between GEO, MEO, LEO and HEO communications systems, segments, and systems engineering
• Role of IP Convergence in modern military and commercial satellite systems
• Satellite Architecture: Broadcast, Mesh, Hub-Spoke, Point-to-Point
• Multiple Access Techniques: FDMA, DAMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM, OFDMA, Random Access. and Bandwidth-on-Demand
• Satellite RF and Microwave Engineering
• Digital Modulation Techniques
• Satellite Communications Link Budget Calculations
• Emerging Technology Developments
• Future SATCOM trends

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the advanced SATCOM training, the participants will be able to:

• Explain the basic principles and concepts of satellite systems
• List related satellite communications standards and their benefits
• List the key Satellite system features and their benefits
• Discuss the rationale for advanced commercial and military satellite communications and key deployment topologies
• Describe features supporting advanced commercial and military deployments
• Describe the guidance on commercial and military satellite systems engineering
• Illustrate satellite system analysis, architecture, design and implementation scenarios
• Define needs, goals, objectives and ConOps for a Satellite mission to satisfy the requirements
• Apply Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to each phase of a Satellite project lifecycle
• Avoid the pitfalls in designing satellite and ground resources
• List benefits of phased arrays, cancellation and adaptive coding and modulation
• Explore best design and implementation practices and lessons learned

Course Agenda

Fundamentals of Satellite Systems 

• Basic Definitions
• Satellite Core Elements and Functionality
• Basic Characteristics of Satellites
• Microwave Frequencies and Satellite Communications Bands
• Commercial vs. Military and Defense Bands
• Digital Transmission, Compression, and Routing
• Satellite Integration with Terrestrial Wired and Wireless Networks
• Satellite System Elements
• Space Segment
• Ground Segment
• Gateways
• Satellite Orbit Configurations
• Geosynchronous Satellites
• Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations
• Frequency Spectrum Allocations
• ITU-R Spectrum Allocations and Regions
• VHF, UHF, SHF and EHF Frequency Ranges
• Example Microwave Bands: L, S, C, X, and Ku
• Millimeter Wave Bands: Ka-, Q-, and V-Bands
• Guided and Unguided Optical Properties
• Satellite and C4ISR
• Systems and Sensors

Space Systems Engineering

• Spacecraft Systems
• The Space Environment
• Fundamentals of Engineering Space Systems
• Systems Engineering for Space
• Applications of Space Systems Engineering
• Small Satellite Development and Experimentation
• Using MIL-STD-810G
• Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests
• Celestial Mechanics
• Launching Vehicles
• Attitude Determination and Control
• Propulsion
• Electrical Power Systems
• Thermal Control
• Spacecraft Mechanical Structures
• On-board Data Handling
• Telecommunication
• Ground Segment and Control
• Product Assurance and Reliability
• Mechanisms
• Hardware and Software Design
• Telemetry
• On-Board Data Handling
• Electrical Power System
• Communication
• Attitude and Orbit Control System
• Assembly, Integration and Verification
• Operations and Testing

Satellite Communications Network Architecture

• Features of Satellite Networks
• Emerging Applications
• Network Architectures, Technologies and Protocols
• Satellite Communications Network Configuration
• Satellite Shared and Dedicated Bandwidth Services
• Voice, Data, and Video over Satellite
• Circuit-Switched vs. Packet-Switched Services
• Satellite Communications Network Design and Analysis
• Satellite Network Architectural Considerations
• Satellite Communications, TCP/IP and MPLS
• IPv6 Features
• Satellites and Links Reliability
• Quality of Service (QoS) Features and Issues
• Point-to-Multipoint (Broadcast) Networks
• Multicasting and Video Distribution
• Point-to-Point Networks
• VSAT Networks
• VPN Networks

Advanced Military Satellite Systems

• Evolution of Satellite Communication
• Military Satellite Communications
• Satellite and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
• Introduction to Satellite Tactical Data Operations
• C4ISR & Remote Sensing
• Full Motion Video (FMV) Exploitation
• Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) Fundamentals
• Intelligence Analysis & Fusion
• Coding, Modulation, Spread Spectrum Techniques and Encryption
• Types of Satellite Communications Capabilities and Limitations
• Voice, Video, Data, IP, Software Defined Radios
• Communications Planning
• Network Topologies
• Typical Scenarios and Environments
• Antenna Characteristics
• Antenna Planning Considerations
• Missile Warning Satellite Systems
• CubeSAT

Microwave Link Engineering 

• Propagation on the Earth-Space Link
• Basic Microwave Propagation
• Environmental Effects of Higher Frequency Bands
• Directional Properties of Antennas
• Polarization (Linear and Circular)
• Satellite Link Budget Calculations (Hands-on)
• Propagation Losses
• Transmitters and Receivers
• Overall Link Quality
• Link Margin
• Noise and Interference
• Carrier-to-Noise Ratio
• Link Budget Analysis and Margin

Satellite RF Modeling, Simulation and Engineering

• Modulation, Multiple Access, and Impairments
• Digital Baseband Signals and Hierarchies
• Error Detection and Correction
• Digital Modulation
• Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
• Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
• Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying
• QAM
• Multiple Access Methods
• FDMA, DAMA, TDMA, CDMA, WCDMA and OFDM/OFDMA
• ALOHA Packet Multiple Access
• Bandwidth Utilization in Multiple Access
• Distortion and Impairments
• Transponders
• Intermodulation Impairment
• Uplink and Downlink RF Interference
• Transmit Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)
• Receive Gain-to-Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T)

Overview of Communications Spacecraft

• Spacecraft and Repeater
• Overall Payload Requirements
• Bent-Pipe Transponder Filtering
• Linearity
• Analog Bent-Pipe Repeaters
• Wideband Receiver
• Solid-State Power Amplifiers
• Transponder Gain Control and Linearization
• Spacecraft Antennas
• Horn Antennas
• Reflector Antennas
• Center-Fed Parabolic Reflectors
• Offset-Fed Parabolic Reflectors 249
• Satellite Antenna Patterns
• Direct Radiating Array Antennas
• Phased Array

Satellite Antenna System Engineering

• Satellite communication antennas
• Airborne terminals
• Antenna controller
• Earth Observation Applications
• Gateways
• Geo Gateway Systems
• High Dynamic Systems Tracking
• High-Rate Modems
• High-speed modems
• Ka-Band Gateways
• Ka-band gateways va-13.5m va-91 ka-9.1m va-135 ka-13.5m
• Low-profile, high-frequency radomes
• Motion Systems for Ku- and C-band Applications
• Motors and controllers
• Panels and mechanical structures
• Radio frequency transmit/receive electronics
• Reflectors
• Reliable and Precision Tracking
• Remote Sensing Systems
• Software systems
• Telemetry
• Tracking Antennas for LEO, MEO, and GEO from UHF to Ka-band

Satellite Link Budget Modeling and Calculation

• Adjacent channel interference C/ACI
• Adjacent satellite Interference C/ASI
• Altitude
• Antenna aperture
• Antenna efficiency (or gain)
• Antenna ground noise temperature
• Antenna mispointing loss
• Availability
• Bit Error Rate (BER)
• Coupling Loss
• Cross polarization interference C/XPI
• Forward error correction (FEC) code
• Frequency
• HPA intermodulation interference C/I
• Information rate
• Link availability
• LNB noise temperature
• Modulation
• Overhead (% information rate)
• Polarization
• Rain-climatic zone
• Rate
• Required Overall Eb/No
• Roll off factor
• Satellite EIRP (saturation)
• Satellite gain setting
• Satellite longitude
• Satellite receive G/T
• Satellite saturation flux density SFD
• Site latitude and longitude
• System margin
• Transponder bandwidth
• Transponder input back-off (IBO)
• Transponder intermodulation interference C/IM
• Transponder output back-off (OBO)

Satellite Operations and Organization

• Satellite Systems Engineering and Economics
• Satellite Systems Engineering Principles
• System Development Methodology
• Spacecraft Mission and Bus Subsystems
• Mission Summary
• Spacecraft Configuration
• Spacecraft Bus Subsystems
• Earth Stations and Network Technology
• Basic Earth Station Configuration
• Performance Requirements
• Radio Frequency Equipment
• Intermediate Frequency and Baseband Equipment
• Modulators, Demodulators, and Modems
• Multiplexing and Packet Processing
• Tail Links and Terrestrial Interface
• Earth Station Facility Design
• Major Classes of Earth Stations
• Launch Vehicles and Services
• The Launch Mission
• Launch Technology and Systems
• Typical Launch Vehicles
• Launch Interfaces
• The Satellite Control System
• Intercommunication Networks
• Network Operations
• Space Segment Economics
• Earth Station Economics
• Analysis of Network Economics
• Satellite Communications: Instant Infrastructure
• Conclusions for the Next Generation

USB 3.0 Training by TONEX, USB 3.2 Updates

The third generation of USB increases transfer rates to 5.0Gbits/s (SuperSpeed) and is backward compatible with all earlier USB 1.1/2.0 Low-Speed, Full-Speed, and High-Speed peripherals and hubs.

USB 3.2 doubles the maximum speed of a USB connection to 20Gb/s.  A USB 3.0 connection runs at 5Gb/s, and slower connections were USB 2 or even USB 1.1.

USB 3.2  5Gb/s devices are now called “USB 3.2 Gen 1.” 10Gb/s USB devices will become “USB 3.2 Gen 2.” And all 20Gb/s devices will be  “USB 3.2 Gen 2×2.”

USB 3.2 means 5, 10, or 20Gbps.

Updates on USB 3.2

USB 32 doubles the maximum speed of a USB connection to 20Gb/s. A USB 3.0 connection tuns at 5Gb/s, and slower connections were USB 2 or even USB 1.1. The new 3.2 version  5Gb/s data rate was branded “SuperSpeed USB,” following USB 2’s 480Mb/s “High Speed” and USB 1.1’s 12Mb/s “Full Speed.”

5Gb/s devices are now called “USB 3.2 Gen 1.” 10Gb/s devices become “USB 3.2 Gen 2.” And 20Gb/s devices will be “USB 3.2 Gen 2×2.”

SuperSpeed USB brings significant performance enhancements to the USB standard. It will deliver 10x the data transfer rate of Hi-Speed USB, as well as improved power efficiency.

• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 has a 5 Gbps signaling rate offering 10x performance increase over Hi-Speed USB.
• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is a Sync-N-Go technology that minimizes user wait-time.
• SuperSpeed USB will provide Optimized Power Efficiency.No device polling and lower active and idle power requirements.
• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Devices interoperate with USB 2.0 platforms. Hosts support USB 2.0 legacy devices.
• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 significant enhancements in the areas of device and system power conservation, error handling, and data flow control.
• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 bus instances replace the USB broadcast bus model with directed (unicast) packets
• Dual-simplex signaling enables asynchronous device notifications and simplifies link partner communication used in link flow control, packet acknowledgement and retry, and power management transitions.
• USB 3.2 Gen 1: originally known as USB 3.0, and previously renamed to USB 3.1 Gen 1. It’s the original USB 3.0 specification, and it can transfer data at up to 5Gbps.
• USB 3.2 Gen 2: Previously known as USB 3.1, and then later as USB 3.1 Gen 2. It offers speeds at up to 10Gbps.
• USB 3.2 Gen 2×2: formally known as USB 3.2, it’s the newest and fastest spec, promising speeds at up to 20Gbps (by using two lanes of 10Gbps at once).

Course Topics

• Motivation behind USB 3.0, 3.1 and USB 3.2
• USB 3.2 Overview
• USB 3.2 System Description
• USB 3.2 Gen 1: ‘SuperSpeed USB’
• USB 3.2 Gen 2: ‘SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps’
• USB 3.2 Gen 2×2: ‘SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps’
• USB 3.2 Physical Interface
• USB 3.2 Mechanical
• USB 3.2 Power
• USB 3.2 System Configuration
• SuperSpeed End-To-End Protocols (Protocol Layer)
• SuperSpeed Port-To-Port Protocols (Link-Level Protocols)
• SuperSpeed Link Power Management
• USB 3.2 Hubs
• USB 3.2 Reset, Initialization, and Configuration
• SuperSpeed Physical Layer Electrical
• Introduction to eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI)
• Type A, USB-C
• USB-C and Power Delivery (PD)
• USB-C and PD Procedures, Roles and Negotiations
• USB-PD Port
• Power Delivery (PD) specification
• handling higher power
• Power Delivery at the 5V setting and is configurable up to 20V
• Using a standard USB-C cable up to 60W
• 100W using a designated EMCA cable.
• Choosing the Right Charger
• Universal Charging Solution
• USB 3.2 certification testing
• The USB Platform Interoperability Lab (PIL) for USB 3.2 Gen 2 product development.
• USB 3.2 Electrical Compliance Test Specification
• xHCI Interoperability Test Procedures
• xHCI Backwards Compatibility Test Procedures
• Link Test Specification
• Cable and Connector Compliance
• Electrical Compliance Test Specifications
• The Electrical Compliance Test Specification for SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps Rev. 1.0

DoDAF, UPDM and SysML Workshop, A 5-Day Hands-on Training Course

DoDAF, UPDM  and SysML Workshop covers DoDAF 2, UPDM 2 and SysML  topics. It introduces migration of DoDAF 2.0 to UPDM 2.0 using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) with Systems Modeling Language (SysML), the OMG SysML, the industry standard for MBSE applications.

DoDAF, UPDM  and SysML Workshop: DoD Architecture Framework 2 (DoDAF 2), the Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM) and Systems Modeling Language (SysML) Workshop provides participants with a solid foundation and tools for Integrating DoDAF, UPDM with SysML and UML on a DoD acquisition program applying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles and best practices including SysML the industry standard visual modeling language for systems engineering applications provided by OMG.

DoDAF, UPDM and SysML Workshop uses practical problems using DoDAF. UDDM and SysML viewpoints, artifacts and diagram types.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of DoDAF, UPDM and SysML Workshop, participants are able to:

• Learn about DoDAF 2, UPDM 2 and SysML
• Give examples of integration of DoDAF 2, UPDM 2 and SysML and applicable use cases and scenarios
• Differentiate between DoDAF, UPDM and SysML
• Explain the role of DoDAF 2, UPDM 2 and SysML and integrating them with DoDAF-compliant system architectures, capabilities and acquisition
• Specify specific characteristics of the capabilities and utilization of DoDAF, UPDM and SysML
• Give examples of DoDAF, UPDM and SysML artifacts and full system lifecycle development
• Work with compliant DoDAF, UPDM and SysML tools and processes
• Distinguish among tools to integrate DoDAF, UPDM and SysML
• Explore DoDAF-compliant system using DoDAF2-UML2-UPDM2 compliant tools and visual modeling tools supporting DoDAF 2, UPDM 2 and SysML
• Finalize a simple acquisition case study with DoDAF 2, SysML and UPDM 2 modeling

Who Should Attend

DoDAF , UPDM  and SysML Workshop is recommended for Enterprise and Solution Architects, Software Architects and Engineers, Developers, Analysts, Systems Engineers, System Modelers, System Architects, Project Managers, and anyone else who is interested to learn about DoDAF 2, UPDM 2 and SysML integration.

Topics Covered

Motivation behind integration of DoDAF , UPDM  and SysML 

• DoDAF, UPDM, SysML and UML on a DoD Acquisition Program
• Model Based Systems Engineering and Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Overview
• Architecting With Model Based  Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  and Systems Modeling Language
• DoDAF 2 Viewpoints and Views
• DoDAF Specific Features
• DoDAF 2.0 viewpoints and views
• All Views viewpoint
• Capability viewpoint
• Project viewpoint
• Operational viewpoint
• Data and Information viewpoint
• Services viewpoint
• Systems viewpoint
• Representation of DoDAF/UPDM in Commercial Tools
• Systems Engineering with SysML
• System Design Model, Including Traceability to OpsCon
• Stakeholder Requirements Definition
• Requirements Analysis
• Architetutal Design

Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF™ (UPDM™) Framework

• UPDM Value Proposition
• UPDM as a domain specific variant of SysML
• UPDM capabilities for defense applications
• Language Architecture, UPDM Profile
• Core Principles
• Representing Stereotype Constraints
• UML Constraint Representation
• Important Areas of the Architecture
• Using UPDM Profile
• DoDAF Class Library
• UPDM L1
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::AllElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::ExternalTypes
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::OperationalElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::ServiceElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::StrategicElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::SystemsElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::Core::TechnicalStandardsElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::AcquisitionElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::AllElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::OperationalElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::ServiceElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::StrategicElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::SystemElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::DoDAF::TechnicalStandardsElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::MODAF
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::MODAF::AcquisitionElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::MODAF::AllElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::MODAF::OperationalElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::MODAF::StrategicElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::MODAF::TechnicalStandardsElements
• UPDM L1::UPDM L0::SwAF
• UPDM Views (Profile)
• UPDM Elements Traceability
• Sample Problem

MBSE, DoDAF, UPDM and SysML

• Systems Modeling Language (SysML) relationship to the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM)
• transition to DoDAF/UPDM with MBSE & SysML
  SysML Relationship to DoDAF and UPDM
• DoDAF models map directly to the  SysML diagram types
  DoDAF matrix artifacts
• SysML models
• DoDAF Data Elements
  DoDAF MetaModel (DM2)
• DoDAF data elements and the relationships among them
• The Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM) asa SysML profile
• Tools to develop SysML models using DoDAF or MODAF terminology
• UPDM Domain Metamodel (DMM) and UPDM elements
• Relationships between DMM and UPDM
• DoDAF/UPDM and SysML Integration using SPARX Enterprise Architect edition and MagicDraw edition

Why should you choose TONEX for your Antenna Training?

Antenna Training Course by TONEX covers all aspects of Engineering, Theory, Analysis and Design covers all the necessary topics related to antenna theory and antenna array theory.

Learn about a wide variety of antenna concepts and propagation topics. Antenna Training Course is both a theory course and a hands-on course where all the attendees will make their own antennas (TONEX will provide all the material and equipments for testing). Attendees will learn about the basic RF and antenna theory, propagation, antenna design technical considerations, antenna types and RF safety fundamentals.

In Antenna Training Course, the students will learn how to apply the leaned topics in practice. Antenna Training Course discusses electromagnetic radiation and antenna characteristics such as impedance, VSWR, radiation pattern, polarization, gain, and efficiency.

New topics includes smart antennas, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), Software Defined Radio (SDR), Cognitive Radio (CR), and fractal antennas, along with the latest applications in Wireless and Mobile communications along with Java animations, applets, and MATLAB features.

Learn the theory and practice of antenna engineering including the basic operation of antenna, antenna types, applications, and physical properties from basic to state-of-the-art.

Antenna training topics also include radomes, materials, modeling and simulation, and measurement techniques are discussed.  In addition, Antenna Training Course also provides the necessary tools for analyzing complex antennas and for designing new ones in the hands-on sessions. There is also a session on vector algebra, including gradient, divergence and curl operation.

Antenna Training covers spectrum of frequencies from 550 kHz to 550 GHz, including  VHF, UHF, and microwave regions: communications and radar, commercial, and military applications.

Course Book: Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition by Constantine A. Balanis (Arizona State Univ.)

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of Antenna Engineering training course, the attendees will

• Understand the basics theory behind antennas and antenna theory
• Discuss the mathematical and physical background that is needed to understand electromagnetic radiation and antennas
• Describe antenna radiation and antenna parameters
• Master basic definitions of antenna including radiation, gain, bandwidth, directivity, efficiency, effective area, pattern, impedance, antenna noise temperature, and polarization of antennas for wireless communications
• Understand the operation of a wide range of antenna types
• Carry out planning, calculation and design of a wide range of antenna types
• Select antenna types for specific applications and systems
• Learn to measure antenna performance on a variety of antenna measurement facility types
• Explore new antenna concepts such as smart antenna, Phased-Array, MIMO and MU-MIMO

MIL-1553 Training Course Description, Why choose TONEX for your MIL-1553 (MIL-STD-1553) Training?

MIL-1553 training course by TONEX covers key MIL-STD-1553 principles, features, protocol architecture, functional characteristics, technical components, design, operations, products, testing, cyber security and trends.  Learn about MIL-STD-1553, the high reliable and high available  communications standard used by NASA, DoD including: Air Force, Navy, Army, and Marine.

Systems engineer, project managers, system analysts, Electronic warfare systems engineer, avionics engineers, design engineers, software and hardware engineers, cyber security specialists, cyber war analysts, project managers and anyone else who wants t understand what MIL-STD-1553 is and how it works.

Learn about MIL-STD-1553 systems, analysis and design, architecture, protocols, applications and cyber security:

• Understand how MIL-STD-1553 bus works and its applications in military avinoics
• Physical properties of the MIL-STD-1553 bus
• MIL-STD-1553  mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics as a serial data bus
• Keys design process steps of a MIL-STD-1553 system
• MIL-STD-1553 protocols and data architecture
• MIL-STD-1553 system overview and overview of architectural components such as:  Bus Controller (BC), Remote Terminal (RT) and Bus Monitor (BM)
• MIL-STD-1553 development toolkit
• MIL-STD-1553 implementation, testing, verification and validation
• MIL-STD-1553 cyber security

MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1553, or AS15531 is a military standard, Digital Time Division Command/Response Multiplex Data Bus, published by DoD that defines the mechanical, electrical and functional characteristics of a serial data bus. It features a dual redundant balanced line physical layer, a (differential) network interface, time division multiplexing, half-duplex command/response protocol and up to 31 remote terminals (devices).

MIL-STD-1773 is a version of MIL-STD-1553 using optical cabling.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the attendees are be able to:

• Understand MIL-STD-1553 protocol, architecture and functional characteristics
• Explain the architecture of MIL-STD-1553
• Sketch the logical and physical architecture of MIL-STD-1553
• Describe MIL-STD-1553 mechanical, electrical and functional characteristics
• Explain technical components, design, operations and, testing aspects of MIL-STD-1553
• Explore
• Describe the key cyber security concepts in MIl-STD-1553
• List the requirements and capabilities of MIL-STD-1553 security
• Explore vulnerabilities and weaknesses of MIL-STD-1553 applied to aircrafts and weapons

Audience

Managers, applications developers, integrators, sales and marketing professionals involved in managing, marketing, selling, developing, testing or integrating MIL-STD-1553 applications and systems.

Course Content

Introduction to MIL-STD-1553

• MIL-STD-1553A
• MIL-STD-1553B
• Notice 1 and Notice 2
• MIL-STD-1553 General Requirements
• MIL-STD-1553 Standards updated by SAE.org

MIL-STD-1553 Data bus Overview

• Multiplexing in MIL-STD-1553
• MIL-STD-1553 Hardware Components
• Terminal Operation
  • Data Bus Controller (BC)
  • Remote Terminal (RT)
  • Data Bus Monitor (BM)

MIL-STD-1553 Hardware Platforms

• Hardware Characteristics
  • Data Bus Cable
  • Data Bus Coupling
  • Terminal I/O Characteristics
  • Redundant Data Bus Requirements

MIL-STD-1553 Protocol

Command word, mode codes, mode command formats, data word, status word, message error bit.

• • Message Formats
  • Command Word
  • Data Word
  • Mode Codes
  • Status Word
  • Errors

Connecting the Bus

• Terminal Electrical Characteristics
  • MIL-STD-1553 Cabling
  • MIL-STD-1553 Coupling
  • Direct Coupling
  • Transformer Coupling
• MIL-STD- System Design
• Data Bus Topology and Redundancy
• Data Bus Control and Partitioning
• Bus Loading

MIL-STD-1553 System and Software Design

• MIL-STD-1553 Systems Engineering Principals
• MIL-STD-1553 Requirement Analysis
• System and Software Design
• Data Bus Topology and Control
• Robustness, Partitioning & Redundancy
• Bus Loading and Bus Controller Software
• Synchronous and Timing

MIL-STD-1553 Testing Procedures

• Testing and Verification
• Test and Operating Requirements
• Developmental Testing
• Design Verification
• Production Testing
• Systems Integration Testing
• Field & Operational Testing
• Integration Issues

MIL-STD-1553 Databus Specification Interpretation

• MIL-STD-1553 Products and Vendors
• MIL-STD-1553 Interface Hardware and Software
• Advanced MIL-STD-1553 UHF/VHF Radio
• High-Speed MIL-STD-1760 for the aircraft/weapon interface
• MIL-STD-1760C
• MIL-STD-1394b, a military version of Firewire
• Enhanced Performance MIL-STD-1553

Introduction to MIL-STD-1773

• Media Components and Design
• Testing
• Installation and Maintenance
• Enhancements and Optimization

MIL-STD-1553 Security

• MIL-STD-1553 Network and System Security
• Security Definitions
• Equipment originating or terminating classified plain text language
• Wirelines, equipment, and the interconnecting lines
• wirelines, components, equipment, and systems
• Encrypted or unclassified signals
• lectrical circuits components, equipment, systems
• Classified plain language data in electrical form
• nvestigations and studies of compromising emanations
• TEMPEST
• System Security Policy
• MIL-STD-1553 design (system, hardware, and software)
• Operational, maintenance, and logistic
• Security policy of the aircraft, ship, or system

MIL-STD-1553 Advanced Network System Security (Updated)

• Cyber security and cyber war analysis of multiplex data bus networks to military aircraft systems, aircraft carriers and smart weapons
• Classification of data across MIL-STD-1553
• Maintenance of data security within this integrated MIL-1553-STD avionics system for both flight and ground operations
• RED, BLACK, and RED/BLACK designation of MIL-STD-1553
• TEMPEST tests, TEMPEST inspections and TEMPEST control plan
• MIL-STD-1553 System Security Policy
• MIL-STD-1553 System Security Architecture
• Compromising emanations (i.e., TEMPEST)
• Encryption and Ciphering
• Trusted message routing and control across MIL-STD-1553 bus
• All BLACK bus – No RED data or RED data processor
• ALL RED bus
• RED/BLACK Gateway
• RED/BLACK Composite
• TEMPEST Design
• Hybrid MIL-STD-1553 and Link 16 Cyber Security Analysis
• MIL-STD-1760B Interconnect Standard for Aircraft Stores
• MIL-1553-B Signals in MIL-1760A/B
• MIL-STD-1553 and MIL-1760 Analysis
• Application of NACSIM-5100 and NACSIM-5112 for U.S. Military Systems
• Encryption Designs
• Cryptographic key management, coordination, distribution, and zeroize techniques, circuitry and software
• Synchronization and timing protocols
• Encryption alarm and alarm check techniques
• Trusted Message Routing and Control Design
• Store Station Utilizing Primary Signal Set

ARP-4761 Training, Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment

ARP-4761 Training Course Description

ARP-4761 training provides you with the strategies and techniques to execute safety analysis. Such strategy is relevant with demonstrating compliance with certification criteria (14CFR/CS Parts 23 and 25, section 1309) and helping an organization to fulfill their own unique safety guidelines. The safety procedures explained are mainly relevant with civil avionic gear but the procedures and techniques might be used in several cases.

ARP-4761 training covers the standard data to perform the industry approved safety analysis including Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA), and System Safety Assessment (SSA). We will discuss different safety evaluation techniques required to implement and perform the safety analysis. We also will teach you various safety evaluation techniques consisting of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Dependence Diagram (DD), Markov Analysis (MA), Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Common Cause Analysis (CCA). CCA is comprised of Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA), Particular Risks Analysis (PRA), and Common Mode Analysis (CMA).

ARP-4761 training teaches you the Safety Assessment Process in avionic systems, as well as incorporating it with other execution procedures. We will discuss the essence of the Reliability Theory and its relevance to airborne systems, equipment specifications and that how they are applied during both the initial and final system safety assessment process.

ARP-4761 training course also considers each of the tools and techniques for performing the Safety Assessment Process, containing real-world scenarios for each of the fundamental methods. We will elaborate precisely how the regulatory structure works and how ARP-4761 fits in. We also explain how ARP-4761 corresponds to other standards for civil airborne systems and equipment, in particular with ARP-4754A.

ARP-4761 training course is mostly dedicated to the practical activities including labs, individual/group activities, and hands-on workshops.

Learn about:

• The real basis and logic of safety analysis for civil avionic systems and parts
• The systems safety evaluation associated with the general airplane or system development procedures
• The safety analysis methods to provide the airplane or system safety analysis
• The theory of reliability and its correlation to system safety
• Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Dependency Diagrams (DD)
• Markov Analysis
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Common Cause Analysis (CCA)

Audience

ARP-4761 training is a 2-day course designed for:

• Engineers and professionals
• Safety officers and managers
• Quality managers
• Project engineers
• Safety engineers
• Software/hardware engineers
• Quality assurance or certification personnel

Training Objectives

Upon the completion of ARP-4761 training, the attendees are able to:

• Recognize several safety analysis techniques
• Relate the main participants of ARP-4761 FHA, PSSA, SSA, FTA, DD, MA, CCA
• Recognize the use of safety methods
• Determine the communication among the safety procedures and the development procedures
• Use several safety tools in implementation of a PSSA or SSA
• Analyze potential methods for presence in ARP-4761
• Comprehend the procedures necessary for the development of civil aerial systems and technology
• Deliver comprehensive goals that must be fulfilled by the systems development procedure
• Explain the overall rules and that how they are used to identify DALs
• Employ the verification and validation methods as part of the system development procedure
• Employ the new standard material inside their own organizational framework
• Describe the avionic systems development procedure and its association with the safety analysis procedure
• Determine the main avionic systems development procedures and their interrelationships

Course Outline

Overview of ARP-4761

• ARP-4761 description
• Terminology
• History and background
• Methods and tools
• Best practices
• Life cycle
• System Safety Assessment Process
• Faults, Errors, and Failures
• Basic definitions
• Development & certification process

Model-Based Safety Analysis Process

• Model-based development
• Model-based safety assessment
• Nominal system modeling
  • Validating consequent safety criteria
  • Fault modeling
  • Model extension
  • Safety assessment simulation
  • Proofs of safety specifications
  • Fault trees

ARP-4761 Methods

• Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA)
• Preliminary System Safety Analysis (PSSA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Dependency Diagram (DD)
• Markov Analysis (MA)
• Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Common Cause Analysis (CCA)
• Particular Risks Analysis (PRA)
• Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA)
• Common Mode Analysis (CMA)
• System Safety Analysis (SSA)

Safety Life Cycle

• Executing the aircraft level FHA while developing the aircraft level criteria
• Implementing the system level FHA along with with distribution of aircraft operations to system operations, and begin the CCA
• Conducting the PSSA align with system structure development, and renew the CCA
• Repeating the CCA and PSSA as the system is apportioned into hardware and software elements
• Conducting the SSA in line with system execution, and completing the CCA
• Supplying the outcomes of the previous steps into the certification process

Development Assurance Levels

• Level A
  • Extremely Improbable
• Level B
  • Extremely Remote
• Level C
  • Remote
• Level D
  • Reasonably Probable, frequent

TONEX Workshop Sample: The Wheel Brake System

The Wheel Brake System is installed on the two primary landing tools. Braking on the major apparatus wheels is applied to give support to safe impedance of the airplane during the taxi and landing phases, and also in the case of a rejected take-off. A secondary role of the wheel brake system is to stop the main gear wheel rotation upon gear withdrawal.

Such braking system can be conducted both commanded manually, via brake pedals, or automatically (auto-brake) with no need for pedal use. The auto-brake operation helps the pilot to pre-equip the braking rate before takeoff or landing. When the wheels have traction, the auto-brake operation will regulate the pressure necessary for brake to smooth the deceleration.

Based on the ARP-4761 guideline, discuss:

• Nominal system modeling
  • Braking System Control Unit (BSCU)
  • Hydraulic pressure pumps
  • Isolation valves
  • Selector valve
  • Accumulator valve
  • Meter valves
• Validating the derived safety criteria
• Fault modeling and extension
  • Digital fault modeling
  • Mechanical fault modeling
  • Fault modeling and extension issues
• Official safety assessment
  • Fault tolerance verification via model-checkers
  • Official safety assessment issues
  • Projected method for fault tree initiation by PVS

Telecom Pricing, Cost Analysis, Fraud and Audit Workshop

Telecom Pricing, Cost Analysis, Fraud and Audit Workshop is a 4 day special program covering he key concepts of practical telecom pricing, cost, financial analysis, fraud, audit and management. Participants will learn to perform price and cost analysis, financial modeling, fraud detection and prevention, and audit to determine price reasonableness in accordance with telecom authorities. This course is designed for personnel involved in establishing or modifying the price or cost of telecom services and products.

Who Should Attend?

Telecom financial analysts, cost accountants, cost analysts, budget analysts, systems analysts, auditors, fraud specialists, accounting managers, and financial planners.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this workshop, the participant will:

• List financial terminology applied to telecom service providers
• Explain telecom operators’ cost, financial and pricing models, fraud and audit principles
• Determine how cost analysis shall be used and applied
• Explain telecom financial analysis and performance measurement
• Describe the role of telecommunications regulatory authorities, operating companies applied to cost and price Analysis
• List telecom price and cost ratio analysis techniques
• Describe best practices for telecom budgeting and forecasting
• Summarize telecom project analysis and evaluation
• List telecom cost and pricing Key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Evaluate effective telecom financial management and cost control
• Calculate new telecom service and product ROI
• List cost related labor and support services
• Negotiate telecom service cost analysis, financial techniques and contract audit
• Calculate a telecom cost objective and a price/cost objective
• List steps in financial analysis and modeling for project planning processes and financial projections
• Review proven financial analytical tools and understand how and when to use them
• Describe techniques to improve your organization’s profit picture by making sound business decisions
• Determine pre-negotiation position applied to different stakeholders using cost and financial calculations
• Use best practices in budgeting, forecasting, project evaluation and analysis
• Master the processes of telecom pricing, financial management and cost
• Control and strategies for telecom tariffing and estimation of cost of network services
• Describe financial analysis and modeling for services. infrastructure, network operations, IT, legal, competition, sales and marketing
• Suggest modifications to telecom price or cost to assure reasonableness
• Describe fraud detection and prevention principles
• Review telecom audit guidelines

Workshop Topics and Sessions

• Fundamentals of Telecom Cost and Pricing
• Fundamentals of Telecom Financial Analysis
• Introduction to Telecom Cost Analysis
• Applying Price-Related Factors to Telecom Products and Services
• Advanced Techniques for Telecom Budgeting, Cost and Price Analysis
• Advanced Telecom Cost Modeling, Pricing and Financial Analysis – Methodologies
• Telecom Fraud
• The Evolution of Fraud
• Subscription Fraud
• Internal Fraud
• Partnership and B2B Fraud
• Fixed Network Fraud
• Mobile Network Fraud
• Prepaid Fraud
• Roaming Fraud
• IP Fraud
• Fraud Detection and Prevention
• Data Mining, AI and Deep Learning Applied to Fraud Detection and Prevention
• Telecom Accounting and Auditing Review
• Financial Statements
• Business Processes and Accounting
• Technology and Accounting Audit processes
• Telecom Auditing & Optimization
• Voice, video and Data Service Adult
• Analyze Telecom Usage
• Customer Service Records (CSRs)
• Call details records (CDRs)
• Telecom Service Verification Workshop

Telecom Pricing, Cost and Financial Analysis Training by TONEX

Telecom Pricing, Cost and Financial Analysis Training, is a four-day Telecom training covering telecom pricing, cost and financial analysis. Learn the key concepts of practical telecom pricing, cost, financial analysis and management.

In Telecom Pricing, Cost and Financial Analysis Training course, participants will learn to perform  price analysis and cost analysis and financial modeling to determine price reasonableness in accordance with telecom authorities. This course is designed for personnel involved in establishing or modifying the price or cost of telecom services and products.

elecom Pricing, Cost and Financial Analysis Training course delves deep into telecom financial analysis and modeling. The participants will lean how to perform accurate financial analysis, how to use telecom financial indicators and benchmarks to allocate resources and evaluate potential projects for maximum ROI (return-on-investment).
Who Should Attend

Telecom financial analysts,cost accountants, cost analysts, budget analysts, systems analysts, auditors, accountants, accounting managers, and financial planners.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing of Telecom Pricing, Cost and Financial Analysis Training course, the attendees will be able to:

• List financial terminology applied to telecom service providers
• Explain telecom operators’ cost, financial models and pricing models
• Determine how cost analysis shall be used and applied
• Explain telecom financial analysis and performance measurement
• Describe the role of telecommunications regulatory authorities, operating companies applied to cost and price Analysis
• List telecom price and cost ratio analysis techniques
• Describe best practices for telecom budgeting and forecasting
• Summarize telecom project analysis and evaluation
• List telecom cost and pricing Key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Evaluate effective telecom financial management and cost control
• Calculate new telecom service and product ROI
• List cost related labor and support services
• Negotiate telecom service cost analysis, financial techniques and contract audit
• Calculate a telecom cost objective and a price/cost objective
• List steps in financial analysis and modeling for project planning processes and financial projections
• Review proven financial analytical tools and understand how and when to use them
• Describe techniques to improve your organization’s profit picture by making sound business decisions
• Determine pre-negotiation position applied to different stakeholders using cost and financial calculations
• Use best practices in budgeting, forecasting, project evaluation and analysis
• Master the processes of telecom pricing, financial management and cost
• Control and strategies for telecom tariffing  and estimation of cost of network services
• Describe financial analysis and modeling for services. infrastructure, network operations, IT, legal, competition, sales and marketing
• Suggest modifications to telecom price or cost to assure reasonableness

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Telecom Cost and Pricing  

• Principles of telecom products and services
• Identifying telecom pricing and cost objectives
• Identifying approaches to telecom pricing
• Identifying target participants and stakeholders in the price, cost and financial analysis
• Conducting market research for telecom price analysis
• Techniques using market research to estimate probable telecom prices
• Introduction to cost or managerial accounting
• Principles of budgeting
• Activity-Based Costing (ABC) for management control
• Principles of standard costing and variance analysis
• Cost-Volume-Profit analysis
• Return on Investment analysis
• Payback analysis
• WACC and Hurdle Rates
• NPV, IRR, ROI, ROIC, ROA RONA-ROCE
• DuPont Formula and Residual Income (EVA) analysis
• Internal cash management ratios analysis
• Cash conversion cycle
• Burn Rate
• Turn and Earn
• Exercise

Fundamentals of Telecom Financial Analysis

• Ratios and metrics
• Financial strategic planning and capital budgeting
• Principles of financial forecasting and economic value-added models
• Capital Investment proposals and projects
• Income tax and capital investments
• Balance sheet analysis
• ROI, ROA, ROE
• DuPont formula
• Income statement analysis
• Past performance and project outcomes
• Benchmarking performance
• Cash flow analysis applied to operations, investing, and financing
• Cash flow performance indicators
• Profitability vs. liquidity
• Financial statement analysis
• Managing capital
• Debt and equity
• Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
• How to Calculate Present Value
• Internal rate of return (IRR)
• Net present value (NPV)
• Analyze Financial Statements

Introduction to Telecom Cost Analysis

• Cost of products and services
• Cost analysis
• General cost principles
• Specific cost principles
• Techniques to prepare cost analysis
• Technical and audit support
• OPEX vs. CAPEX
• Direct labor costs
• Indirect labor costs
• Direct infrastructure and material costs
• Profit calculation
• Factors affecting profit analysis
• Weighted guidelines
• Trade-Off Analysis
• Exercises

Applying Price-Related Factors to Telecom Products and Services

• Telecom trend analysis
• Telecom products and services cost factors
• Price evaluation preferences
• Comparing telecom services and product prices
• Calculating consumers and businesses Should-Pay price
• Techniques to calculate telecom Price Index Number
• Price-Volume analysis and modeling
• Cost Estimating Relationships
• Calculating Ratio of price to estimated direct and indirect costs
• Exercise and workshop

Advanced Techniques for Telecom Budgeting, Cost and Price Analysis

• Operational budgeting and techniques
• Time Value for Money
• Compound interest and of present value
• Capital budgeting
• Telecom cost analysis, profit planning and volume/price risks
• Cost analysis process
• Cost analysis players, projects and initiatives
• Pricing strategies
• Cost accounting standards
• Regulations to negotiated contracts and subcontracts
• Contract cost principles and procedures.
• Fundamental quantitative problems
• Fundamental quantitative pricing skills
• Telecom cost analysis techniques
• Telecom cost accounting standards
• Price Index Numbers
• Net Present Value
• Cost estimating relationships
• Cost-volume analysis
• Cost-volume-profit analysis
• Contract Financing
• Cost vs. price Analysis
• Price analysis techniques
• Price-related factors
• Scenarios for price analysis
• Exercise

Advanced Telecom Cost Modeling, Pricing and Financial Analysis – Methodologies

• Telecom cost and pricing modeling techniques
• Network costs
• Interconnection costs
• Installation and provisioning cost
• Cost allocation techniques
• Inventory costs
• Statistics in pricing
• Simplified regression analysis
• Activity based costing/management (ABC/ABM)
• Profitability and variance analysis
• Non-financial performance measures (“Balanced Scorecard”)
• Long Run Incremental Costs (LRIC)
• Real world examples
• Telecom Activity-Based Costing (ABC) case study
• Macroeconomics and growth
• Politics
• International trade
• Microeconomics, supply & demand
• Big data, analytics and forecasting techniques
• Pricing influences
• Quality vs. competition
• Elasticity of demand
• Fixed and variable cost modeling
• Cost Function and transfer pricing
• Economies of Scale
• Engineering & redesign
• DFSS, DFMA, VE,
• Benchmarking
• Commercial decisions
• Calculate mean ands deviation of a dataset
• Modeling risk and uncertainty
• Monte Carlo simulations applied to uncertainty
• Option pricing models
• Workshop and Group Project
• Capstone Exercise

Why should you choose TONEX for your SCADA Training?

SCADA Training, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, is a unique training experience provided by TONEX since 2001. When it comes to the sensitive principles in  you need the very best SCADA training courses for your organization. Tonex is synonymous with high-end training courses, specialty workshops and boot camps that focus on information technology, mobile applications and defense. We work with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and government agencies to deliver the accurate, up-to-date information that is required to excel in the respective field. Our SCADA courses are nothing short of perfection.

Tonex SCADA Training Courses

At this time, Tonex offers the following SCADA System courses:

• SCADA Security Training • SCADA Training – SCADA Training Courses

We teach the following points in our SCADA System training courses:

• Principles of SCADA and Industrial Network Security • Securing infrastructure networks for Smart Grid • SCADA system components • Architecture protocol • Cyber-security • Provisioning • Regulatory requirements • Theory of operations • How to evaluate potential SCADA benefits

Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid Certificate

Microgrid Certification Training curriculum is a leading edge certification and relevant to what is happening in the energy industry right now. Microgrid technology is an advanced technology developed in recent years as a critical competence of traditional power networks with reliable and efficient operation across a wide range of industries. The ability to deliver the technical information of smart grids to the right audience at the right time is a valuable skill, especially for those engaged in the field of power systems.

Microgrid Certification Training, Micro grid Certificate helps you to understand the microgrids, their operation and control as well as energy management principles applied to the microgrids. This certificate is divided into three main topics in microgrids which will help engineers and scientists to prepare themselves with the skills and required confidence to meet their organization’s needs or position themselves for their job responsibilities and promotions.  Our experts at TONEX will help you to understand the fundamental concepts of micro grids in order to tackle the real-world challenges. The micro gird certificate consists of four major topics:

• Introduction to Microgrids
• Microgrid operation and control
• Energy management systems in Microgrids

The first part of the Microgrid Certification Training briefly introduces the concept of microgrids, background of renewable energy sources as the main components of a microgrid, history of renewable energy sources, advantages of microgrids and transmission system implemented in microgrids. Furthermore, you will be introduced to the basic per unit systems applied to microgrids, different types of microgrids, main operating modes in a microgrid such as: islanded mode and grid connected mode To add more details to the microgrids, you will learn the basics of solar panels, wind farms and energy storage systems as three main components of a microgrid in detail.

For each part, the operation basics, and main components will be briefly introduced and recent advancement will be taught. For example, main components of a wind farm generation unit such as: wind generators, wind turbines, towers, and foundations will be introduced and power converters implemented for each device will be discusses briefly. By the end of the first part, the audience are supposed to understand the basics of microgrid operation and should be able to understand the solar photovoltaic panels, wind farms, and battery energy storage systems.

You will also learn:

• Transformers in microgrids
• Different types of load in microgrids
• Fault tolerance in microgrids
• Cost benefits regarding microgrids
• Hybrid microgrids
• Micrgorid stability assessment and protection
• Batteries in solar panels
• Different types of PV modules
• PV strings
• Hybrid PV systems
• Pulse width modulation techniques in microgrids
• Power voltage curves for PV system
• Power curves in wind turbines
• Different types of wind turbines
• Concept of pitch in wind farms
• Series compensation in wind parks
• Control of wind energy systems
• Concept of energy storage systems
• Applications of energy storage systems in microgrids
• Conventional energy storage systems
• Control of battery energy storage systems
• Droop control in energy storage systems

The second part of the Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate training focuses on operation and control of microgrids from basic traditional approaches to the advanced hierarchical control of microgrids.  Firstly, basics of microgrid control will be introduced and different control modes in islanded mode and grid connected operation mode of the microgrid will be discussed. You will also learn the power elecrtronic converter control, classifications and operation, operation principles of wind farms, PV, energy storage, concept of offshore wind farms, and maximum power point tracking in microgrids. Next our instructors will focus on two separate operating modes in a microgrid (islanded and grid connect) and will describe the different control methodologies applied to each mode so far. For example, effect of voltage dips in islanded mode, active power control in islanded/grid connected mode, supporting the voltage and frequency in grid connected mode, parallel operation of converters in islanded/grid connected mode, concept of droop control in islanded mode, reactive power sharing in grid connected mode, and low voltage ride through capability of converters in grid connected mode are covered in the second part. Finally, the advanced control methodology named as hierarchical control of microgrid will be introduced and concepts of primary, secondary and tertiary controllers will be discussed in detail. You will also learn:

• Voltage source converters in microgrids
• Distributed loads in microgrids
• Effect of electric vehicle charging in microgrid
• Operation of storage units in islanded mode
• Virtual synchronous generator effect in islanded microgrid
• Power quality in islanded mode
• Effect of LCL filter
• Inner current loop and frequency control in islanded mode
• Control of single converter in grid connected mode
• Master and slave control of microgrids
• Primary droop control
• Secondary voltage and frequency control in microgrids
• Primary control in wind farms, energy storages and PV
• Power flow using tertiary control of microgrids
• Frequency restoration
• Peak shaving in microgrids
• Demand response in microgrids
• Unbalance compensation
• Voltage harmonic reduction in microgrids

The third part of Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate training covers the energy management system (EMS) in microgrids. Firstly, the definitions and common terms will be provided to describe the concept of EMS. Then, the audience will be introduced with the main topics of EMS in microgrids such as: Data forecasting in microgrid EMS, DG scheduling, load dispatch, photovoltaic effect in EMS, effect of fuel cells in microgrid EMS, and optimization platform for microgrids.  After introduction part, our instructors will go into the details of EMS architecture and control in microgrids. You will learn the centralized and decentralized EMS techniques, market operator, local controllers, effect of real time data in centralized EMS, communication advancement in EMS, exchanging the price information between multiple DGs, advantages and disadvantages of microgrid EMS, forecasting the data for EMS, optimizing the power flow, optimizing the EMS policies and voltage and frequency control in short term microgrid EMS. Finally, the audience will be introduced to the challenges in the microgrid EMS such as renewable energy intermittency, network latency, and reliability of communications, two way communication challenges, and cyber security in centralized and decentralized microgrid EMS.  You will also learn:

• Optimal dispatch in microgrid EMS
• Monitoring devices for EMS
• Load dispatch in microgrid EMS
• Major vendors of EMS
• Photovoltaic in EMS
• Battery energy storage effect in microgrid EMS
• Centralized and decentralized EMS in microgrids
• Microgrid central controller (MGCC)
• Communicating with neighbors in microgrid
• Synchronization of microgrid through consensus objective
• Data transfer limit between neighbors in microgrid
• Human machine interface (HMI)
• Real-time control effect in microgrid EMS
• Optimization in microgrid EMS
• Weather forecasting
• Short term and long term EMS
• Electricity market in EMS
• Reliability of communications
• Time synchronization
• Openness of microgrid EMS
• Reliability and cyber security of microgrid EMS

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Audience

The Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate training is a 4-day course designed for:

• All engineers who wants to learn, design, or operate the micro grids
• Power traders to understand the modern microgrid technologies.
• Independent system operator personnel.
• Faculty members from academic institutes who want to teach the renewable energy or micro grid courses.
• Investors and contractors who plan to make investments in smart grid industry.
• Professionals in other energy industries.
• Marketing people who need to know the background of the products they sell.
• Electric utility personnel who recently started career in power systems or having new job responsibilities related to micro grids.
• Technicians, operators, and maintenance personnel who are or will be working at green energy based companies.
• Managers, accountants, and executives of power system industry.
• Scientist or non-electrical engineers involved in micro grid related projects or proposals.
• Graduate students seeking a professional career in micro grids

Microgrid Certification Training Objectives

Upon completion of the Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate training course, the attendees are able to:

• Understand the concept of microgrids with its main components
• Understand the operation of battery energy storage systems
• Describe the main parts and operation principle of wind farms
• Explain the operation and control of solar PV modules.
• Describe the main power electronic converter types implemented in microgrids
• Understand the hierarchical control of microgrids
• Describe the differences between islanded mode and grid connected mode operation of microgrids
• Explain the droop control methods implemented in microgrids
• Understand the voltage and frequency control algorithms in microgrids
• Describe the power control methods in islanded or grid connected mode operation.
• Understand the energy management systems (EMS) in microgrids.
• Tackle different challenges related to microgrid EMS.
• Understand the EMS in centralized or decentralized microgrids.
• Explain the effect of data forecasting in microgrid EMS

Microgrid Certification Training Course Agenda and Topics

Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate-Part1 (Introduction):

Concept of Microgrids

• Traditional power network
• Background and history of renewable energy sources
• Trends for microgrids
• Power electronic based devices
• Common terms
• Cower consumption in microgrids
• Renewable generation units
• Transformers in microgrids
• Different types of loads in microgrids
• Component of a microgrids
• Per unit system
• Transmission lines
• DC and AC microgrids
• Advantages of microgrids
• Redundancy
• Modularity
• Fault tolerance
• Efficiency in microgrids
• Maintenance
• Smaller size and cost benefits
• Grid connected microgrids
• Islanded mode operation of microgrids
• Typical structure of microgrids
• AC-DC hybrid microgrids
• Microgrid configurations
• Synchronization of AC sources in microgrids
• Stability assessment of microgrids
• Microgrid protection

Solar Panels and Photovoltaics in Microgrids

• Why solar energy?
• High photovoltaic (PV) penetration and utility distribution systems
• Solar system owners
• Advanced distribution system and solar panels
• Main components of a PV system
• PV module or solar arrays
• Battery
• Charge regulator
• Inverter
• Back-up generator
• DC/AC loads
• Different types of PV modules
• Main elements of a PV module selection
• PV strings
• Connection of modules, series and parallel
• Lead-acid batteries in PV systems
• Nickel Cadmium batteries in PV systems
• Standalone PV system
• Grid connected PV system
• Hybrid PV system
• PV system design considerations
• Costs in PV systems
• Installation and operation principals of PV systems
• PV system control
• Maximum power point tracking
• Proportional resonance controller
• Pulse width modulation unit
• Current controller
• Phase locked loop in PV systems
• Voltage current characteristics of PV modules
• Power curves for PV system
• Incremental conductance control
• Perturb and observe control in PV system

Wind Farms in Microgrids

• Wind energy systems
• Wind farm scales
• Grid integration of wind farms
• Economics of wind farms
• Fundamentals of wind power
• Kinetic energy in wind power
• Efficiency in extracting the wind power
• Power curves in wind turbines
• Different types of wind turbines
• Doubly fed induction generators (DFIG)
• Permanent magnet based wind farms
• Main components of a wind farms
• Wind generator
• Wind turbine
• Wind turbine blades
• Horizontal and vertical axis wind farms
• Tower
• Drive train
• Electronics and control
• Pitch
• Brake
• Cooling system
• Foundation of wind farms
• Control of wind farms
• Transmission lines
• Concept of reactive power compensation in wind farms
• Oscillations in wind farms
• Control of drivetrain speed
• Blade regulation control
• Stalling and pitch angle control
• Active and reactive power control in DFIGs
• Wind forecasting
• Future technology developments of wind farms
• Cost of wind energy

Battery Energy Storage Systems in Microgrids

• Concept of energy storage systems
• Emerging needs for energy storages
• Effect of energy storages in utility, customers and generations
• Classifications of energy storage systems
• Economics of energy storages in market
• Energy storage applications in current grids
• Limiting factors in energy storage implementations
• Mechanical storage systems
• Electromechanical storage systems
• Chemical energy storages
• Thermal storage systems
• Conventional battery technology
• Capacitors
• Superconducting magnetic energy storage
• Contingency reserves by energy storages
• Reactive support and voltage control
• Black start capability of energy storages
• Congestion management by energy storages in microgrids
• Demand management
• Detailed models of energy storage systems
• Different sizes of energy storage system for microgrid applications
• Applications of energy storages in microgrids
• Grid operational support by energy storages
• Power quality and reliability improvements by energy storages
• Concept and power and energy in storage systems
• Discharging principles
• Short term applications of energy storages in microgrids
• Control of energy storage systems
• Droop control
• Active and reactive power control in energy storages
• State of charge (SOC) control
• Optimization techniques by energy storage system control

Microgrid Certification Training, Microgrid certificate-Part2 (Control and Operation):

Basics of Microgrid Control

• Types of operation of microgrids
• Control in grid connected mode
• Control in islanded mode
• Power electronic based equipments in microgrids
• Power electronic converters
• Power electronic switches
• Classification of power electronic converters implemented in microgrids
• Voltage source converters in microgrids
• Multilevel voltage source converters
• Pulse width modulation techniques
• Operation principles of PV panel system
• Operation principles of wind turbines
• Effect of UPS in microgrid systems
• Distributed loads in microgrids
• Effect of virtual inertias in microgrids
• Integration of distributed generation to shape smart grids
• Necessity of maximum power point trackers
• Operation of storage units in islanded mode
• Effect of electric vehicle charging stations in microgrids
• Wind turbine generations, offshore and on shore

Islanded Mode Operation of Microgrids

• Islanded mode operation basics
• Effect of long-term voltage dips or faults
• Importing and exporting the active and reactive power
• Controlling the current and voltage in converters
• Supporting the frequency and voltage
• Virtual synchronous generator effect
• Blackouts by main grids
• Voltage and frequency management in islanded mode operation
• Supply and demand balancing effect
• Power quality in islanded mode operation
• Hierarchy of loads in islanded mode
• Concept of point of common coupling
• Control of a voltage source converter in islanded mode
• Effect of LCL filter
• Direct and quadratic (d-q) axis based control
• Voltage control loop
• Effect of inner current loop in islanded mode
• Parallel converters in islanded mode operation
• Effect of master/slave control in islanded mode
• Frequency droop control in parallel operation
• Voltage droop control in parallel operation

Grid Connected Mode Operation of Microgrids

• Basics of grid connected operation
• Control of a single converter in grid connected mode
• Effect of parallel converters in control
• Concept of master and slave control
• Inner current loop and voltage control in grid connected mode
• Droop control strategy of grid connected converters
• Active power sharing among converters through droop
• Reactive power sharing droop
• Concept of inertia in microgrids
• Effect of synchronization through an inverter
• An inverter working as a synchronous generator
• Park transformation in droop control of inverters in grid connected mode
• Low voltage ride through capability of voltage source converters in grid connected mode

Hierarchical Control of Microgrids

• Primary control loop
• Secondary control in microgrids
• Tertiary control
• Centralized control of microgrids
• Decentralized control of microgrids
• Primary control in wind energy systems
• Primary control in PV systems
• Primary control in energy storages
• Secondary control in wind energy systems
• Secondary control in PV systems
• Secondary control in energy storages
• Calculating power flow for tertiary control
• SOC management control for energy storage system
• Cooperative synchronization of multiple energy storage units
• Secondary control in islanded microgrids
• Frequency restorations
• Power quality improvement
• Energy management systems for load shedding
• Load shedding
• Peak shaving control
• Synchronization of the microgrid with grid
• Optimization and upper level control as a tertiary control loop
• Low voltage ride through as a tertiary control loop
• Islanding detection
• Microgrids interconnections
• Harmonic compensation
• Voltage harmonic reduction in grid connected mode
• Voltage harmonic reduction in islanded mode
• Unbalance compensation in microgrids
• Concept of unbalance in microgrids
• Sources for unbalances
• Modeling the unbalance effect
• Designing the compensation algorithms

EMI/EMC Training Course by TONEX

Applied Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) training course serves as a technical program to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI). It is a technical overview of many topics.

Tonex Applied EMC/EMI course is applicable to professional engineers and technicians practicing in EMC fields to include bonding, grounding, shielding, EMI prediction, EMI analysis, conducted and radiated interference, lightning protection and more.

Learn about the requirements that commercial and military electronic systems must meet to get certified. Master techniques that can be used to protect systems against these threats. Explore unconventional high power EM threats, including nuclear electromagnetic pulse and high power microwave weapons (optional topics)

In a nutshell, Engineers know the math and the physics of EMC. Technicians know the instruments and test setups. Engineers need good writing and verbal skills. Technicians need to know the pitfalls of real measurements. All applicants have to be competent in the fundamentals, i.e., coupling, filters, shielding, etc. as well as the specifications which apply to their particular specialty.

Link 16 and MIDS Training Bootcamp

Link 16 and MIDS Training Bootcamp is a 5-day special program provides an overview  of the concepts of Tactical Data Links and Link 16 and  MIDS-LVT terminals, their functions and operations, and maintenance as a Link 16 Tactical Data Link Terminal.

TONEX offers a variety of TDL, Link 16 and MIDS training courses  to meet your applications of Link 16/MIDS, and TDL needs. Link 16 and MIDS training courses are fully customized to meet your specific technology, operation, mission or strategy MIDS Specifications and Documentation

Link 16 and MIDS Training Bootcamp introduces the attendees to the various Link 16 will learn Link 16 and MIDS-LVT terminals functions, processes, capabilities, planning, operations and management. Link 16 and MIDS Training Bootcamp is a vendor-neutral course but still covers many aspects of the commercial terminals offered by different vendors.

Vendor-neutral Link 16 and MIDS training, of course, can help your organization embrace the best practices in Link 16 and Link 16 MIDS terminals in a way that vendor-specific training probably can’t. Link 16 and MIDS Terminal vendor-neutral training can also help you build the expertise your organization needs to evaluate Link 16 MIDS terminals and solution providers and ultimately avoid vendor lock-in.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the attendees are be able to:

• Describe principles behind Tactical Data Links (TDL) and Link 16
• Describe what Link 16 is and how operates as a TDL
• Describe the difference between Link 16 with other TDLs and related technologies and protocols such as Link 11, Link 22, SADIL, JREAP and VMF
• List Link 16 protocol, architecture and functional characteristics
• Describe Link 16  functions and applications
• Describe basics of the Link 16 protocol, Link 16 network and Link 16 terminal
• Define Link 16 terminal requirements architecture and design
• Explain Link 16 network design and implementation using MIDS
• List MIDS features and benefits
• Describe principles behind MIDS and MIDS-LVT terminals
• Describe Link 16 MIDS terminals software hardware
• Describe operation of different types of MIDS-LVT terminals
• Describe concepts behind MIDS-LVT (1) and MIDS-LVT (2) terminals
• Describe operational procedures behind Link 16 MIDS terminals

Course Topics

Introduction to Tactical Data Links

• Introduction to Network Centric Warfare
• Overview of Tactical Data Link (TDLs) Solutions
• Introduction to Link 16
• Introduction to Multifunctional Information  Distribution System (MIDS)
• Overview of MIDS/Low Volume Terminals (LVT)

Overview of Link 16

• Link 16 as a TDL
• Link 16 Networking
• Link  16 Benefits and Features
• Link 16  Operation
• Overview of Link 16 Architecture
• Link 16 Terminals, Interfaces and Functions
• Link 16 Network Management
• Link 16 Terminals and Software
• Link 16 Terminals: JTIDS, MIDS and JTRS
• Operation of the MIDS, MIDS JTRS
• Link 16 Terminal Communications Interfaces
• Link 16 Terminal connecting to  X.25, 1553, and Ethernet interfaces
• Link 16 Troubleshooting and Monitoring
• Link 16 Mission Planning
• Link 16 OPTASK Link
• Link 16 Network Planning
• Link 16/MIDS Operations
• Link 16 Network Management
• Link 16 Network Design
• Link 16 System Integration

Link 16 Communication Protocol and Messages

• Features and Functions of the Link 16 Network
• Link 16 System Characteristics
• Link 16 Terminal Waveform and Waveform Generation
• Link 16 Spectrum
• Link 16 Frequencies
• Time Division Multiple Access
• Link 16 TDMA Features
• Link-16 Time Slots and Time Slot Assignments
• Link 16 and Pulses
• Link 16 Networks / Nets
• Link 16 Network Access Modes
• Link 16 Message Packing
• Link 16 Terminal Synchronization
• Link 16 Network Time
• Link 16 Interference Protection Features (IPF)
• Link 16 Time Slot Duty Factor (TSDF)
• Network Roles and Functions
• Role of  Different Types of Network Relays
• Link 16 Gateways
• Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol (JREAP)
• Link 16 Network Participation Groups (NPG)
• The Link 16 J-series Message
• Link 16 Message Types
• Network Entry
• Precise Participant Location and Identification (PPLI)
• Multinetting
• Range Extension Technique
• Link 16 Network Roles
• Link 16 Terminal Navigation
• Link 16 Terminals
• Link 16 Terminal Restrictions

Overview of Multifunctional Information  Distribution System (MIDS)

• MIDS Terminals
•  Class1, Class2, URC-138, MIDS, MIDS, JTRS, and SFF
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System
• MIDS Terminals
• Link 16 requirements
• US Forces and  Coalition partners
• MIDS Terminals
• Inside a MIDS Terminal
• JTIDS, MIDS and JTRS
• MIDS-JTRS
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS-J)
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System on Ship (MIDS-On Ship)
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System: Fighter Data Link (MIDS-FDL)
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System: Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT(1))
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal 2/11 (MIDS-LVT 2/11)

Overview of Multifunctional Information  Distribution System (MIDS) Low Volume Terminals (LVT)

• Introduction to MIDS-LVT
• MIDS LVT Features
• Security and Jam Resistant Connectivity
• Distributed Network
• Range Coverage
• Relative Position Data Accuracy
• Overview of MIDS-LVT Terminal Products and Solutions
• MIDS-LVT Terminal Operations
• MIDS-LVT Initialization and Functions
• MIDS-LVT Software and Hardware
• MIDS-LVT Support and Host Equipment
• Radiation Restrictions and Frequency Management
• Operation,  testing, troubleshooting of Link 16 terminals
• MIDS-LVT Flexible, open-architecture designs
• Critical airborne, ground, and maritime link
• Coordination of forces and situational awareness in battlefield operations
• The reliability of the MIDS LVT
• MIDS LVT Architecture and Components
• Line Replaceable Units (LRUs)
• Receiver/Transmitter (R/T)
• Multifunctional Information Distribution System: Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT(1))
• Link 16 interoperability
• TADIL-J and IJMS
• Specifications
• Physical Specs
• Power Requirements
• Power modes
• Voice channels
• 2.4 Kbps LPC-10 and 16 Kbps CVSD
• Host interface
• MIL-STD-1553, Ethernet, PhEN3910 and X.25
• Weapon Enabled Terminals

Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal 2/11 (MIDS-LVT 2/11)

• Pseudo-random frequency hopping
• Specifications
• Physical Specs
• Power Requirements

Satellite Communications Training Crash Course

Satellite Communications Training crash course focuses on satellite communications  payloads, systems engineering and architecture of satellite systems including application requirements such as digital video and broadband media, mobile services, IP networking and UDP/TCP/IP services, concept of operations, identifying end-to-end satellite payload requirements and constellation.

This popular and intensive Satellite Communications Training crash course provides attendees with an in-depth knowledge of satellite communication principals and techniques and key emerging technologies.

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Who Should Attend

The course is ideal for engineers and managers involved in Satellite Communications planning, architecture, design, implementation and operation.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the attendees will:

• Learn the basic introduction to RF characteristics and modelling tools used to calculate spurious signals, inter-modulation levels, phase noise, Bit Error Rate and RF interference
• Gain familiarity with merits such as Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T)
  Provide an in-depth knowledge of satellite communication systems planning, design, operation and maintenance.
• Gain familiarity with propagation, link budget, RF planning, system tradeoffs multiple access, modulation and coding schemes
• Gain familiarity with system architecture of satellite communications payloads
• Learn the basic aspects of satellite performance
• Gain familiarity with repeater design and different repeater components
• Gain familiarity with key communications parameters
• Basic introduction of speech and video coding, satellite networking, TCP/IP and other trends

Course Topics

Introduction

• Different types of satellite orbits and payloads
• Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) system
• Low Earth Orbit (LEO) system
• Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) system
• Major categories of satellite services defined by ITU
• Broadcasting Satellite Service
• Mobile Satellite Service
• Fixed Satellite Service
• Satellite communications systems engineering principals
• Digital Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV
• VSAT services
• 2-way interactive services
• Mobile communications technologies
• Service and performance requirements

Planning and Design (Earth & Planetary)

• Satellite constellations
• Satellite orbits
• Orbital mechanics basics
• Satellite coverage
• Space environment orbit and attitude determination and analysis
• Propulsion system
• Spacecraft operations and automation
• Spacecraft navigation
• Coverage and communication analysis

Satellite Communications Principles

• Terrestrial Systems
• Satellite communication systems
• Satellite communication system architecture
• Satellite access
• Radio link reliability
• Doppler effect
• Satellite constellations
• Spot beams
• Radio Link
• Spectrum issues
• Spectrum sharing methods
• Propagation characteristics
• General propagation characteristics
• Analog and digital Modulation
• Digital modulation and Coding
• Satellite RF Link
• Multiple access principles
• Earth Stations
• Antennas
• Satellite system performance
• Link budget analysis
• System tradeoffs

System Specification and Requirement Writing

• Spacecraft subsystems areas
• Communications payload, Altitude Control, Propulsion, Electrical Power and Distribution, Payload, Thermal, Telemetry, Tracking and Command, and Orbit Control
• Satellite Radio building blocks
• Satellite ground segment
• Earth stations subsystem
• Various types of satellite payloads
• Satellite transponders
• Bent-pipe Satellites
• Key technology advancements in Satellite Communications (SATCOM) payloads  for telecommunications services
• Different types of orbits for satellites
• International regulations (ITU-T) governing the frequency planning and coordination of the diverse satellite networks

Requirement analysis  of the Satellite Payload

• Capabilities of different repeater components
• Assessment techniques for performance of all major building blocks including repeaters, antenna system, and tracking
• Critical subsystem and system design concepts such as power budget, loss, group delay, IM (Intermodulation) distortion, digital impairments, cross-polarization, adjacent satellite and channel interference for
• Design principles and performance budgets for system elements such as receivers, phased-array antennas, multiplexers, amplifiers, analog and digital processors, reflector, feeds and other passive and active components
• System verification of payload and ground segment performance
• Evaluation of subsystem / system performance, and guidelines for overseeing development

Key Payload Communications Parameters

• Gain and phase variation with frequency
• Phase Noise
• Frequency Stability
• Spurious signals from frequency converter
• Self-interference products
• Passive Intermodulation products
• Noise figure and payload performance budgets
• Engineering specifications and techniques for payload compatibility with the satellite bus
• Communications satellite’s transponder
• Communications channel between the receiving and the transmitting antennas

Transponder System Design and Architecture

• System tradeoffs
• RF tradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T)
• Input band limiting device (a band pass filter)
• Input low-noise amplifier (LNA)
• Frequency translator
• Oscillator and a frequency mixer
• Output band pass filter
• Power amplifier
• Traveling-wave tube
• Solid state amplifiers
• Design elements and specifications for the satellite communications payload
• “Bent pipe” principle
• Bent-pipe repeater subsystem
• Regenerated mode
• Regenerated and bent-pipe mode
• Bent-pipe topology
• On-board processing
• Demodulated, decoded, re-encoded and modulated signals

Communications Payload Performance Management

• Performance and capacity planning
• Payload system Tradeoffs
• Bent-pipe repeater analysis and design
• Antenna Design and Performance
• Link budget
• On-board Digital processor
• A/D and D/A conversion
• DSP (digital signal processing)
• Multiple access technologies
• Principles behind FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
• Demodulation and remodulation
• Multiplexing
• Multi-beam Antennas
• RF Interference
• Spectrum Management