SPACE AND SATELLITE INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS
Satellite
Communications
author: Timothy Pratt and Charles W
Bostian
published: May 1986
publisher: John Wiley and
Sons
ISBN: 0471878375
format: 496pp: hardcover
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description: This is the only work to
present a unified treatment of all the basic aspects of satellite
communications and to give practical examples from real systems. Whereas most
texts in the field concentrate on a mathematical description of the
communications link, Satellite Communications gives the reader a thorough
knowledge of the subject by going on to cover orbits, propagation and the
equipment that comprises a working system. The authors go beyond the standard
treatment of ideal channels (which ignores some very real practical
limitations) to deal with the problems associated with transmitting digitally
modulated signals through real satellites and earth stations. Included are
chapters on orbital mechanics, spacecraft construction, satellite-path radio
wave propagation, modulation techniques, multiple access, and a detailed
analysis of the communications link. Also contained in the book are worked
examples and homework problems based on current industrial
practice.
contents: Orbital Aspects of Satellite Communications.
Spacecraft. Satellite Link Design. Modulation and Multiplexing Techiques For
Satellite Links. Multiple Access. Encoding and Forward Error Correction for
Digital Satellite Links. Propagation on Satellite-Earth Paths and Its Influence
on Link Design. Earth Station Technology. Intelsat and Inmarsat. Satellite
Television: Network Distribution and Direct Broadcasting. Appendix. Glossary.
List of Symbols. Index.
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