Bogazici University

Department of Computer Engineering

 

CMPE 582- Special Topics: Satellite Networks

(Spring 2005)

 

 

 

Catalog Data              Special topics selected to reflect recent technologies and trends in Satellite Networks as dictated by faculty member

expertise and students’ interests. All seven-layer of Satellite Communication Networks will be explored for the MS and PhD students.

 

Instructor                   Fatih Alagoz, Associate Professor. (alagozATbounDOTeduDOTtr)

 

Credit                         3 hours 

 

Prerequisites

by course                   CMPE581 (or  Consent of instructor)

 

Prerequisites

by topics                    Each student should have the background in:

§         Wireless/Mobile Networks

§         Probability theory (Recommended).

 

Textbook                   There is no required textbook for this course. The required materials will be provided during the course.

                                   Supplement articles and class Power Point slides will be provided regularly.

 

References  

·    Handouts

·    S. Kota, Broadband Satellite Commun. for Internet Access,Kluwer,2004

·    http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~jain/refs/sat_book.htm

·    http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/~alagoz/CMPE582.htm

 

Course Objectives and Related Program Educational Objectives (ABET200):         

1.       To be familiar with the satellite networks market and the future needs and challenges.

2.       To apply mathematical models of satellite networks.

3.       To strengthen students’ knowledge in satellite communication systems.

4.       To design satellite communication systems.

5.       To develop students’ paper writing and research skills. 

 

Course Outcomes and Related to Program Outcomes (ABET200):

By the end of the term, you should be able to

  1. Understand the new trends in satellite communications networks.  [J,L].
  2. Understand the characteristics of satellite communication channels. [A].
  3. Apply analytical and empirical models in the design of satellite networks. [A, C, E, K,L].
  4. Understand the traffic and queuing theory. [A].
  5. Design a satellite communication system. [A, C, E, K,L].
  6. Analyze the performance of satellite systems [A, E, L].
  7. Understand the need of coding, diversity, interleaving and link techniques for satellite communications networks. [A, E, L]
  8. Understand the multiple division and modulation techniques for satellite networks. [A, E, L].
  9. Read and understand scientific articles through the term paper assignments. [G,F].
  10. Work out a new design project related to satellite communication systems. [A,C,E,G,F,K,L].

 

Course Topics:

 

PART I SATELLITE NETWORKS

 

T.1. Satellite Networks Overview

•          Applications and services

•          Satellite Network Principles

•          Systems Engineering Approach

•          Satellite Systems Examples

 

T.2 Trends analysis and Technical Challenges

•          Satellite Systems Engineering Methodology

•          End-to-End QoS Model

•          MAC Protocols

•          Routing

•          QoS Technologies e.g. IntServ, DiffServ and MPLS

•          TCP Enhancements

•          Security

 

T.3 System Performance Models

•          QoS architectures for satellite IP network

•          DiffServ based QoS simulation model for TCP and UDP over satellite IP network

•          Satellite MPLS traffic engineering for TCP and UDP traffic

•          Forward and return channel protocols

            - DVB-S

            - DVB-RCS (MF-TDMA, CDMA based)

•          Spread of ALOHA protocol for return channel

•          Simulation models studying buffer requirements for satellite ATM UBR service

•          TCP enhancements analysis using analysis of variation (ANOVA) technique

 

     PART II SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS:

     Issues in Transmission Techniques, Multiple Access Protocols and Performance

    

     T.4. Satellite payload & frequency bands

     T.5. Basic transmission theory

1 Isotropic source

2 Antenna gain

3 EIRP

4 Noise temperature and G/T ratio

5 Down-link requirements

6 Design of satellite links for specified C/N

7 Design of satellite links to achieve a specified performance

8 channel capacity

9 relationship between E b /N o and C/N

     T.6. Modulation, Multiplexing and Encoding techniques for satellite links

1 FDM, TDM, BPSK, QPSK

2 BER

3 FEC

4 Multiple access

5. FDMA

6 TDMA

7 ALOHA, F-TDMA, DA-TDMA

8 CDMA

 

  PART III SATELLITE APPLICATIONS

   

    T.7 Remote Sensing

    T.8 Navigation

 

PART IV. TRENDS IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION  NETWORKS  

 

   T.9 Standards

1. Interoperability with fast developing technologies achieving global information infrastructure

–         Wireless networks – e.g., IEEE 802.16, 802.11a, 802.11b, Bluetooth, ETSI BRAN HIPERLAN.

–         Mobile communications – GSM, GPRS, 3G, 4G, and beyond.

–         IP networks with differentiation of services providing Quality of Service – DiffServ, MPLS, GMPLS

2         Deregulation of telecommunications

3         Emerging applications with high bandwidth requirements

4         Satellite IP reference architectures

5         MPLS over satellite architectures

6         Performance and availability

7         MAC protocols

8         Quality of Service

9         Classification of applications

10     Application requirements

11     Routing and addressing

12     Multicast and broadcast

13     End-to-end security

14     Transport protocols

15     Performance Enhancing Proxies

16     IPv6 support

 

T.10 Future Research Topics

1    Quality of Service for satellite IP Internet

–         New QoS architectures for satellite IP based on DiffServ and MPLS traffic engineering over satellite for non-real-time and multimedia applications over satellite configuration

2         End-to-End QoS model

–         Study the impact of QoS parameters at different layer to meet the end-to-end user level performance requirements

3         Bandwidth allocation for return channel

a.       New bandwidth allocation algorithms based on differentiated services for various high bandwidth applications

b.       Interaction of Bandwidth on Demand (BoD) with transport layer protocols

c.       Interaction of BoD with network congestion

d.       Bandwidth allocation and fading

e.       CDMA based return channel access protocol for mobile IP over satellite applications

4         Transport protocols for satellite IP networks

a.       End-to-end IP security issue

b.       TCP enhancements for real-time applications

c.       Possibility of an efficient new transport protocol

5         Standardization

a.       QoS for IP over satellite

b.       MAC protocols

c.       Coordination among ITU-T, ITU-R, IETF, and ETSI/DVB-RCS

d.       Extension of the standards research to onboard processing and switching systems

 

 

Grading policy:         

 

Class activities                                                   5%

HWs and Pop quizzes                                        10%

Midterm 1                                                          25%     

            Midterm 2                                                          25%     

Final                                                                 35%     

                                   

Class/Laboratory Schedule:         

Three 50-minute lecture/discussion sessions per week.

 

 Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component:

  Mathematics and Basic Science:          30 %    

  New Trends in Engineering topics:         70 %

 

Prepared by:            Fatih Alagoz, Assoc.Prof.

Date:                         February 3, 2005