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ELEC5510: Satellite Communication Systems (2019 - Semester 2)
| Unit: | ELEC5510: Satellite Communication Systems (6 CP) |
| Mode: | Normal-Day |
| On Offer: | Yes |
| Level: | Postgraduate |
| Faculty/School: | School of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Unit Coordinator/s: |
Dr Li, Yonghui
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| Session options: | Semester 2 |
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| Site(s) for this Unit: |
http://elearning.sydney.edu.au |
| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Brief Handbook Description: | Satellite communication systems provide fixed and mobile communication services over very large areas of land, sea and air. This unit presents the fundamental knowledge and skills in the analysis and design of such systems. It introduces students to the broad spectrum of satellite communications and its position in the entire telecommunications network; helps students to develop awareness of the key factors affecting a good satellite communications system and theoretical and practical skills in the design of a satellite communications link. Topic areas include: satellite communication link design; propagation effects and their impact on satellite performance; satellite antennas; digital modem design, speech codec design; error control for digital satellite links. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Knowledge of error probabilities, analog and digital modulation techniques and error performance evaluation studied in ELEC3505 Communications and ELEC4505 Digital Communication Systems, is assumed. |
| Lecturer/s: |
Dr Wang, Peng
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| Tutor/s: |
Chentao Yue Deyou Zhang |
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| Timetable: | ELEC5510 Timetable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T&L Activities: | Site Visit: The visit is organized to gain some practical aspects in Fixed and Mobile Satellite Services. Laboratory (Week 3-5): The RF Simulink Lab is designed to observe the performance of a satellite system. Matlab Laboratory (Week 3 - 7): The Matlab Lab is organized to help design and analyze Satellite systems Tutorial (Week 2, 6-13): Problems are designed to complement lectures |
Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.
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Report: Tutorial Project: Group project Final Exam: Exam |
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| Policies & Procedures: | See the policies page of the faculty website at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/student-policies/ for information regarding university policies and local provisions and procedures within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies. |
| Online Course Content: | http://elearning.sydney.edu.au |
Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
| Week | Description |
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Link budget |
| Week 3 | Satellite Propagation |
| Week 4 | Error Control Coding I |
| Week 5 | Error Control Coding II |
| Week 6 | Modem Design |
| Week 7 | Satellite Antennas |
| Week 8 | Multiple Access Schemes |
| Week 9 | Satellite Networking |
| Week 10 | Visit to Optus Belrose Station |
| Week 11 | Digital Video Broadcasting |
| Week 12 | Review |
| Assessment Due: Project | |
| Week 13 | Project presentation |
| STUVAC (Week 14) | Independent study |
| Exam Period | End of semester exam |
| Assessment Due: Final Exam |
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
| Attribute | Practiced | Assessed |
| (6) Communication and Inquiry/ Research (Level 2) | No | 0% |
| (7) Project and Team Skills (Level 2) | No | 0% |
| (5) Interdisciplinary, Inclusiveness, Influence (Level 4) | No | 0% |
| (4) Design (Level 4) | No | 0% |
| (2) Engineering/ IT Specialisation (Level 4) | No | 0% |
| (3) Problem Solving and Inventiveness (Level 4) | No | 0% |
| (1) Maths/ Science Methods and Tools (Level 4) | No | 0% |
These goals are selected from Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.
