Satellite communication

Author: Luo Di
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This book covers various aspects of satellite communication, including fundamental theories, transmission methods, and practical applications. It provides a complete description of hardware, including satellite structures, antennas, earth stations, and onboard systems. It involves many edge applications, such as wireless Internet, telephone, global positioning systems (GPS), and digital television global broadcasting. It includes new content such as ATM, TCP/IP, LEO satellite networking, mobile systems, and onboard switching. It provides detailed information on computational methods, orbits, links, multiple access, signals, modulation, and interference. All examples and exercises are provided in Mathcad format to minimize the complexity of mathematical calculations. New content added in the third edition includes: more involvement of CDMA, an additional chapter on satellite Internet, an additional chapter on digital television broadcasting, an expanded section on geostationary orbits, error-correcting coding, and an outlook on new applications and growth points. This book is an excellent textbook and professional reference. It can serve as a teaching material or reference book for senior undergraduate and graduate students in communication engineering, as well as for engineers and technicians engaged in satellite communication.