Satellite Communications

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McGraw Hill Professional, Apr 5, 2001 - Technology & Engineering - 500 pages
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

 

Selected pages

Contents

Chapter 1 Overview of Satellite Systems
1
Chapter 2 Orbits and Launching Methods
21
Chapter 3 The Geostationary Orbit
67
Chapter 4 Radio Wave Propagation
91
Chapter 5 Polarization
101
Chapter 6 Antennas
121
Chapter 7 The Space Segment
167
Chapter 8 The Earth Segment
209
Chapter 16 Direct Broadcast Satellite Services
461
Chapter 17 Satellite Services
487
Answers to Selected Problems
509
Conic Sections
515
NASA TwoLine Orbital Elements
533
Listings of Artificial Satellites
537
Illustrating ThirdOrder Intermodulation Products
541
Acronyms
543

Chapter 9 Analog Signals
221
Chapter 10 Digital Signals
251
Chapter 11 Error Control Coding
283
Chapter 12 The Space Link
305
Chapter 13 Interference
345
Chapter 14 Satellite Access
369
Chapter 15 Introduction
437
Logarithmic Units
549
Mathcad 1 Notation
553
References
557
Index
565
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
571
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About the author (2001)

Dennis Roddy, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, has taught courses that include Satellite Communications, Communications Systems, Optical Communications, and Analysis and Design of Analog Circuits. He has more than 40 years of experience in both industrial and technical education. His previous books include Radio and Line Transmission, vols.1 and 2, Introduction to Microelectronics, Microwave Technology, and the first two editions of Satellite Communications. In addition, he has coauthored several textbooks and published technical papers and reports on a wide variety of topics.

Bibliographic information

TitleSatellite Communications
McGraw-Hill telecommunications
AuthorDennis Roddy
Edition3
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2001
ISBN0071382852, 9780071382854
Length500 pages
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Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications
  
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