Satellite Communications, 4th Edition

Master the fundamentals of satellite communications

Highly regarded for more than a decade as both a teaching text and professional tutorial, this classic guide to satellite communications has been revised, updated, and expanded to cover global wireless applications, digital television, and Internet access via satellite.

• In-depth, textbook-style coverage combined with an intuitive, low-math approach makes this book particularly appealing to the wireless and networking markets
• New to this edition: Global wireless services, including 3G; Antenna Options, Error Coding

Preface

Chapter 1 : Overview of Satellite Systems
Chapter 2 : Orbits and Launching Methods
Chapter 3 : The Geostationary Orbit
Chapter 4 : Radio Wave Propagation
Chapter 5 : Polarization
Chapter 6 : Antennas
Chapter 7 : The Space Segment
Chapter 8 : The Earth Segment
Chapter 9 : Analog Signals
Chapter 10 : Digital Signals
Chapter 11 : Error Control Coding
Chapter 12 : The Space Link
Chapter 13 : Interference
Chapter 14 : Satellite Access
Chapter 15 : Satellites in Networks
Chapter 16 : Direct Broadcast Satellite (Dbs) Television
Chapter 17 : Satellite Mobile and Specialized Services

Appendix A : Answers to Selected Problems
Appendix B : Conic Sections
Appendix C : Nasa Two-Line Orbital Elements
Appendix D : Listings of Artificial Satellites
Appendix E : Illustrating Third-Order Intermodulation Products
Appendix F : Acronyms
Appendix G : Logarithmic Units
Index