About this course: How is a satellite built? How do they fly? How do they communicate and how does the network operate? You will get all the answers in this course from teachers and researchers from three schools associated with Institut Mines-Télécom. The course is made of : teaching videos, equipment demonstrations and simulation programs. They will guide you through the discovery of satellite communications. Professionals in the space field will share there vocation for this scientific and technical sector. Have you ever wanted to know more about transponders, the geostationary orbit, QPSK modulation, channel coding, link budget, TCP over large bandwdith x delay product links ? This course is for you! This course is available in English: French-speaking lecturers with English subtitles and fully translated contents (slides, practices). This MOOC is supported by the Patrick and Lina Drahi Foundation.

Created by: Institut Mines-Télécom

Taught by: Laurent Franck, Professor
IMT Atlantique
Taught by: Tarik Benaddi, Assistant Professor
IMT Atlantique
Taught by: Julien Fasson, Associate Professor
INPT/ENSEEIHT
Taught by: Nathalie Thomas, Associate professor
INPT/ENSEEIHT
Taught by: Marie-Laure Boucheret, Professor
INPT/ENSEEIHT

Level	Beginner
Commitment	6 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week
Language	English, Subtitles: French
Hardware Req	No hardware is required for this MOOC
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
User Ratings	4.6 stars Average User Rating 4.6See what learners said

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Satellites at our service

This module provides an introduction to satellite communications. Why using satellites ? What sort of communication services ? How much does it cost ?

27 videos, 4 readings, 7 practice quizzes

Graded: Weekly quiz, WQ1

WEEK 2

Satellite and communications

This module describes the overall architecture of a satellite communications system, discusses the concept of orbit and what are the typical sub-systems of a satellite

21 videos, 2 readings, 6 practice quizzes

Graded: Weekly quiz, WQ2

WEEK 3

Digital communications

This module discusses the basics of information transmission

18 videos, 4 readings, 3 practice quizzes

Graded: Weekly quiz, WQ3

WEEK 4

Communication techniques

This module covers advanced transmission concepts such as modulation and coding. These operations are the core of a communications system impacting the service performance.

17 videos, 4 readings, 5 practice quizzes

Graded: Weekly quiz, WQ4

WEEK 5

Hardware and equipments

This module lists the equipments that take part to the communication chain on ground and how the overall communication performance can be assessed

23 videos, 2 readings, 7 practice quizzes

Graded: Weekly quiz, WQ5

WEEK 6

Networking and services

This module explains how services such as voice, television and Internet access are provided by means of communications satellites.

20 videos, 8 practice quizzes

Graded: Weekly quiz, WQ6

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Institut Mines-Télécom

Institut Mines-Télécom is a public institution dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and digital technologies. Always attentive to the economic world, IMT combines strong academic legitimacy, close corporate relations. It focuses on key transformations in Digital Technologies, Production, Energy and Ecology and trains the engineers, managers and PhDs who will be tomorrow’s players in these key changes of the 21st century. Its activities are conducted in Mines and Télécom graduate schools under the aegis of the Minister for Industry and Electronic Communication, one subsidiary school and three strategic partners. The IMT’s schools rank among the leading graduate schools in France.

Ratings and Reviews

Rated 4.6 out of 5 of 110 ratings

Good introductory material. The English translation is not the best and for a non-French speaking individual, a French-only audio track is not ideal.

Very interesting topics. The only suggestion I want to say is to improve the interaction of each professor with the slide being shown. Many times I had to go back on the videos to try to understand well enough because I was not sure which part of the slide was talking about.

Well designed, although I do not understand French, I was able to follow using subtitles. Perhaps more animations and interaction will be nice.

Great course, really good information to start learning about digital communications and the extraordinary and vast satellite world!

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Introduction to Satellite Communications

Introduction to Satellite Communications

Introduction to Satellite Communications