RF Engineering Principles Applied to Satellite Communications
RF Engineering Principles Applied to Satellite Communications is a 3-day Radio-frequency (RF) Engineering training program. It covers the basics and advanced RF principles applied to Satellite Communications.
Boost your professional acumen by developing a systematic approach and learn a more efficient and effective ways for leading and completing RF and space projects.
How You Will Benefit
- Fine-tune your RF and Satellite Communications (SATCOM) knowledge and gain interdisciplinary skills in RF principles and SATCOM system.
- Improve your skills in RF engineering and satellite communications, managing SATCOM projects, writing requirements, verify and validate and reducing risk, .
- Learn about Radio Frequency Spectrum, Interference and Satellites
- Learn about Increase your productivity and your team’s to gain a competitive edge in the satellite and space industry.
- Skills to perform sustaining, design, development and planning including layout, analysis, evaluation, prototype build and testing of RF and SATCOM components and systems.
- Knowledge to perform qualitative and quantitative tests to determine properties, characteristics, and performance of RF components, mechanisms, assemblies and systems.
- Learn how to select RF components assuring compliance with specifications and product requirements. Record and analyze test data. Verify embedded firmware and higher level software functionality of the product.
- Apply standard RF mathematical and hands-on techniques, procedures and criteria to SATCOM engineering assignments.
- Earn a recognized industry credential.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for engineers, technicians, analysts and project managers.
Course Content and Agenda
Overview of Satellite Systems
- Introduction to Satellite Communications
- Orbits and Launching Methods
- Radio Wave Propagation
- Satellite Link Budget Calculations
- Polarization
- Antennas
- The Space Segment
- The Earth Segment
- Analog and Digital Signals
- Error Control Coding
The Space Link
- Interference
- Satellite Access
- Complex modulation such as OFDM, mPSK, QAM, etc. {All frequencies bands – L , C, S, Ku, K, Ka)
- Low profile, beam forming antenna for satellite communications
- RF signal distribution
- Satellite transceiver
- RF principles for frequency range of 10MHz to 100GHz
Satellite RF Link Budget Calculations
- Types of SATCOM link budgets
- FWD link: hub to terminal
- Simple RTN link: terminal to satellite
- Complex RTN link: terminal to satellite and satellite to hub
- Link components and their parameters
- Terminal
- Antenna scan angle and cosine roll-off
- Gain, noise temperature, and G/T
- Terminal Noise Temperature
- EIRP and EIRP density
- Transmission medium
- Free-Space Path Loss (FSPL)
- Atmospheric loss
- Rain fade and availability
- Transponder EIRP
- Saturation Flux Density (SFD), HPA back-off, and satellite G/T
- Additional Factors Affecting
Calculating G/T
- Calculating SNR
- FWD equation
- Simple On the return (RTN) link equation
- Complex RTN equation
- Converting SNR to spectral efficiency and throughput
- Spectral efficiency (SE)
- Throughput (data rate)
Workshop: SATCOM Link budget SNR calculations
- FWD link
- Simple RTN link
- Complex RTN link
- SN RF Safety calculation
- RF safety evaluation of new antenna systems
- Develop and execute test plans and procedures
- Provide troubleshooting assistance in isolating and correcting unusual system problems