A note from David Bookham CEng MIET Course Chairman

 

As the satellite communications industry has evolved, each new technology has provided increased throughput and flexibility. This has resulted in highly sophisticated Broadband satellite terminals becoming a commercially viable proposition to both commercial and domestic users alike. The evolution started with the development of advanced Forward Error Correction (FEC) algorithms ensuring quasi error free links which were well suited to packet switched traffic. Since IP traffic could now be carried with almost zero packet loss, the use of ACM (using high order modulation schemes and flexible FEC codes) resulted in the commercial exploitation of Ka band and the use of small beam sizes and more efficient spectrum usage.

 

Now in its 30th year, the IET satellite communications course provides relevant and up to date technical training for the professional Satcom engineer.

 

This industry-standard course is designed to present in-depth treatment of technical topics within the context of a comprehensive overview of satellite communications. Experienced presenters provide valuable insight into both principles and practice of satcoms, with each session presented by a leading expert in their field, drawn from across industry, government and academia. The lecture sessions are complemented by a choice of project exercises undertaken in small groups during the week.



Being residential, and also by keeping the numbers limited, there is ample opportunity to interact with the presenters and tutors, as well as with other participants.



For those participants still working towards a formal Engineering qualification it is worth noting that this course provides 36 CPD hours.

 

More information on the course can be found here.