COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EHE 4206 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Telecommunication Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LÜTFIYE ÖZLEM AKKAN

Offered to

Telecommunication Technology
Telecommunication Technology (Evening)

Course Objective

In this course, it is aimed to explain the need for satellite communications and teach the basic concepts of communication through satellites.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to explain the need for satellite communications.
2   Be able to analyze the purpose of satellite communications.
3   Be able to analyze basic logic of communication through satellites.
4   Be able to illustrate the co-operation of communication technologies with satellite system.
5   Be able to analyze the purpose, the basic logic and the need for the cellular communication system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Purpose of satellite communications.
2 Introduction to satellite communications, its history, frequency spectrum
3 The basic concepts of satellite communications.
4 Orbit types, Leo, Meo, Heo, Geo, geostationary orbits and satellites that operates at these orbits.
5 Stationary orbit satellites, calculation of coverage angle, satellite eclipses.
6 RF satellite link, and link budget
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Multiple access techniques, FDMA, TDMA and CDMA
10 Wireless and cellular communication concepts, the concepts of mobility and portability
11 Comparison of Mobile Cellular Systems with other current systems, advances in cellular communication and personal communication systems, applications of radio and cellular communication systems and operating frequencies
12 GSM system architecture, analysis of functions of SIM, BTS, BSC, MSC, GMSC, OMC, HLR, VLR, EIR, AuC units, Cell, Residential Area, definitions of the MSC service area, the GSM service area, PLMN service area.
13 Frequency spectrum of GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900. Bandwidth, channel, duplex distance, carrier separation, capacity and frequency re-use, separation of Time, Time regulation, signal loss, channel coding, Interleaving, the concepts of Diversity
14 The cellular concept and system design principles: Frequency re-use, channel planning strategies, techniques and strategies to transmission, call creation on the GSM network

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Theodore Rappaport Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition) Prentice Hall PTR, 2002
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Wayne Tomasi Advanced Electronic Communication Systems (5nd Edition) Prentice Hall PTR, 2001
References:
Materials: Research to be carried out on the internet.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Five learning outcomes will be assessed by means of mid-term exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is compulsory to attend 80% of practical courses and 70% of theoretical courses.
Any act of cheating will be resulted in disciplinary investigation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 0 232 3012599
Email: ozlem.karaca@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The appropriate office hours will be announced to the students at the beginning of the term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 1 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1,5 18
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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