Satellite Communications: Orbits, Frequencies, Techniques, SATCOMBw, UN-Missions

Seminarkode: DK 2.07

Termin

geplant 2013

Location

Oberpfaffenhofen

Scientific Coordination

N.N.

Focus

Introduction to the state of the art satellite communications, geostationary and alternative orbits, communications technology and modern source companding and enciphering, channel coding, interleaving, and modulation schemes; presentation of transmission engineering, initial access and multiple access techniques in frequency, time and code. Propagation as a function of frequency (up to 100 GHz), of prevailing climate and desired service availability will be discussed. Link power budgets will be demonstrated and the on board signal processing and switching explained. Satellite links at Laser frequencies will be compared.
Then, new applications in the consumer sector, in the business-2-business environment and in UN missions are alluded to and national and international, commercial and military satellite systems presented, such as the NATO systems and the SATCOMBwS2 of the German (Federal Armed Forces). Also, the satellite control is introduced including a visit to the German Space Operations Center (the GSOC of the DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen).
Rounding the topic off, the economics of satellite based communications are treated looking at actual operational systems, the radio regulatory aspects are depicted, and future trends in this dynamic sector of communications described, such as the "10 t / 20 year lifetime / 30 kW communications satellite" with the 20 m antenna in GEO for the direct link to the handheld mobile.

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