Satellite and
Terrestrial Co
To
be announced.
Satellite
co
The
course is intended for working satellite co
·
Understand
the geostationary satellite environment and how it impacts the operation and
performance of present-day terrestrial data, voice, and multimedia networks
·
Learn
about digital standards unique to the satellite environment that are suitable
for transferring data in various formats
·
Gain
an appreciation for how satellite networks can be made secure and manageable
·
Understand
the strengths and weaknesses of TCP/IP over satellite links
·
Become
familiar with specialized satellite access methods and network management
techniques to provide end-to-end services on par with terrestrial networks
·
Understand
the capabilities and relative merits of satellite versus terrestrial networks
as well as the means to provide complementary solutions
Since
this course addresses the next level of satellite network design, participants
should have some familiarity with satellite links. An understanding of the
details of earth stations, satellite co
Coordinator and
Lecturer
Lecturer
D.C. Palter, BSME, MBA, Vice
President, Mentat Inc.,
UCLA Faculty
Representative
Kung Yao, PhD, Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
Applied Science
Daily Schedule
Monday
Fundamentals (Elbert)
·
Structure
of satellite networks: relationship to the five layers of the OSI model
·
Digital
standards: IP, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), ATM, MPEG family
·
The
standard transmission chain: end-to-end via the uplink and downlink
·
Focus
on baseband and interfaces
--Impact of services
at the physical layer of satellite co
--Multiplexing
--Compression
--Acceleration and
adaptation
·
Security
--Privacy
--Encryption technology
--Authentication
--Key management over satellite links
·
Interface
issues
--Connectionless and connection-oriented co
--Point-to-multipoint information transfer
--Dialing and connection
--Mobility management
--Gateway functions
·
Interoperability
--Radio frequency
--Air interface/user device
--Physical and data link
--Application
·
Integration
--Fixed versus mobile
--Open versus proprietary
--Centralized versus decentralized
Tuesday
Satellite-Based Data
Co
·
Satellite
access protocol structures
·
Characteristics
and impact of multiple access on operation and throughput
--TDMA
--CDMA
--ALOHA
·
Data
integration using IP encapsulation into MPEG
·
DVB-S
·
DVB-Return
Channel via Satellite (DVB-RCS)
·
Data
over Cable Interface Specification (DOCSIS) applied to satellite networks
·
Network
management aspects
--Provisioning and fault isolation
--Administration
--Quality of service
·
VSAT
network case study
Wednesday
The Internet Protocol
and Satellite Co
·
Introduction
to TCP/IP
--Networking protocols
--TCP/IP protocol suite
--IP, UDP, and TCP
·
Operation
of TCP
·
Limitations
of TCP over satellite
--Satellite conditions: latency, bit errors,
asy
--Window size and bandwidth delay product
--Acknowledgements and retransmission
algorithms
--Congestion control mechanisms
·
TCP
modifications
--Standards-track
--Research stage
·
TCP
enhancement solutions
--LEO/MEO satellites
--Multiconnection applications
--Satellite optimized protocols
--Caching
--Prefetching
--Compression
--Spoofing
·
Protocol
gateways (TCP-PEP)
--Architecture
--Network design
--Performance data
·
Multicast
--Reliable and nonreliable multicast
--Reliable multicast solutions
--Reliable multicast fan-out
·
TCP
enhancement and VPNs
--Link layer security
--Application layer security
--IPsec
·
Protocol
gateway demonstration
Thursday
Relative Merits of
Terrestrial and Satellite Co
·
Voice
and telephone co
--Digital voice standards (G series)
--Telephone interfaces: analog and digital
--Call setup and termination
·
Convergence
of information types: video, voice, image, text, BLOB
·
Proper
role of fiber optics
--Domestic fiber carriers: Gigabit Ethernet
--International fiber cables and diversity
--Reliable design: integrating terrestrial
and satellite
·
Synchronization
and timing
--Device-level synchronization issues
--Network timing
--Standards: atomic, GPS
·
Network
management
--In-band systems: simple network management
protocol
--Out-of-band systems: monitor and control
systems
·
Business
interfaces
--Operation support systems
--Business support systems
--Customer relationship management
For more information
call the Short Course Program Office at (310) 825-3344; fax (310) 206-2815.
Dates March 8-11 (Monday through Thursday)
Time 8 am-5 pm (subject to adjustment
after the first class meeting)
Location Room G-33 West, UCLA Extension Building,
10995 Le Conte Avenue (adjacent to the UCLA campus), Los Angeles, California
Reg#
Course No. Engineering 881.219
Units 2.4 CEU (24 hours of instruction)
Fee $1695, includes course materials
$100 nonrefundable; no refund after