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| ELK7172 | Satellite Communications | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İsmail Hakkı ÇAVDAR | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Students learn the satellite communiaction ant its link design. They have the information of the satellite's mechanics and electronics. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn satellite communications princibles | 1 | 1,3,5,6 | | PO - 2 : | learn satellite orbits and link design | 1,5 | 1,3,5,6 | | PO - 3 : | gain the knowledge on the propagation considerations | 1,5 | 1,3,5,6 | | PO - 4 : | gain satellite mechanics and electronics | 1,5 | 1,3,5,6 | | PO - 5 : | gain TURKSAT and EUTELSAT organisations | 1,5,10,15 | 1,3,5,6 | | PO - 6 : | examine some selected applications and improve the design ability. | 1,3,5,7,10,12,15 | 1,3,5,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| satellite communications technology, satellite orbits, satellite link design, satellite propagation conditions, rain attenuations, multiplexing, satellite antennas, satellite aircraft and electronics, some satellite organisations: TURKSAT, EUTELSAT, mobile satellite communications, examination of the selected applications. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | satellite communications technology, . | | | Week 2 | satellite orbits, | | | Week 3 | satellite link design, | | | Week 4 | satellite propagation conditions, | | | Week 5 | rain attenuations, | | | Week 6 | modulaions methods | | | Week 7 | multiplexing, | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | satellite antennas, | | | Week 10 | satellite aircraft and electronics, | | | Week 11 | some satellite organisations: TURKSAT, EUTELSAT, | | | Week 12 | land mobile satellite systems | | | Week 13 | selected projects | | | Week 14 | selected projects | | | Week 15 | evaluation of given projects | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Evans B,G, 1993;Satellite Communication Systems, peter Peregrinus, London | | | 2 | Freeman R, 2004;Reference Mnaual of Telecommunication Engineering, New York | | | |
| 1 | Haykin S, 2004, Communications Systems, John wiley, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 3 | 30 | | Project | 6 | | 30 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Proje | 4 | 7 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Total work load | | | 181 |
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