SPACE AND SATELLITE INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS

Satellite Communications
author: Dennis Roddy
published: 2001
publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
ISBN: 0071371761
format: 500 pp; hardcover

description: The definitive reference on satellite communications. Satellite Communications, Third Edition is the latest update of the reference widely regarded as the most complete and accessible intro to this dynamic area of engineering. This edition has been revised to include the hottest applications in a rapidly growing field with expanded coverage of CDMA…new Internet via satellite and digital TV broadcasting chapters…an expanded section on geostationary orbits…error correction coding…and a preview of coming applications and growth. Author Dennis Roddy’s authoritative and readable treatment provides you with:

• Full descriptions of hardware, including satellite structures, antennas, earth stations, and onboard systems
• Cutting-edge applications such as wireless Internet, telephony, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and worldwide broadcasts of digital TV
• New information on ATM, TCP/IP, and LEO networking over satellites, mobile systems, and onboard switching
• Details on methods, orbits, links, access, signals, modulation, and interference

All examples and problems worked in MathCad, with mathematical complexities pared to a minimum.

contents: Overview of Satellite Systems. Orbits and Launching Methods. The Geostationary Orbit. Radio Wave Propagation. Polarization. Antennas. The Space Segment. The Earth Segment. Analog Signals. Digital Signals. Error Control Coding. The Space Link. Interference. Satellite Acess. Satellite Services and the Internet. Direct Broadcast Satellite Services. Satellite Services.

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