Satellite Communication Systems
by Evans, Barry G.Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Inst of Engineering & Technology
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Summary
A thoroughly up-to-date revision of this successful book this text aims to give the professional engineer or graduate student a fully comprehensive yet practical understanding of the principles and technological issues of this major subject. The book contains a strong tutorial element and real-world orientation.
Table of Contents
| Preface and acknowledgments | |
| Contributors | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Historical overview of satellite communications | p. 19 |
| The satellite communications business | p. 37 |
| Radio regulatory considerations relating to satellite communications systems | p. 69 |
| Introduction to antennas | p. 83 |
| Propagation considerations relating to satellite communications systems | p. 99 |
| Interference considerations relating to satellite communications systems | p. 117 |
| Satellite access techniques | p. 127 |
| Modulation and moderns | p. 157 |
| Channel coding | p. 183 |
| Satellite systems planning | p. 199 |
| Earth-station engineering | p. 223 |
| Satellite engineering for communications satellites | p. 245 |
| Payload engineering | p. 289 |
| Earth-station and satellite antennas | p. 321 |
| Satellite networking | p. 347 |
| Digital audio broadcasting by satellite | p. 377 |
| Digital video broadcasting by satellite | p. 397 |
| Mobile satellite communications | p. 457 |
| Satellite personal communication networks | p. 499 |
| Satellite navigation: a brief introduction | p. 539 |
| VSATs for business systems | p. 553 |
| Military satellite communications | p. 583 |
| Microsatellites and minisatellites for affordable access to space | p. 621 |
| Future trends in satellite communications | p. 647 |
| Link budgets and planning: worked examples | p. 669 |
| Domestic satellite systems design - a case study (INUKSAT system) | p. 689 |
| App. C: List of abbreviations | p. 703 |
| Index | p. 717 |
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