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1 online resource (463 pages) |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Preface to Second Edition -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Satellite Communications -- 1.1 Early History of Satellite Communications -- 1.1.1 SCORE -- 1.1.2 ECHO -- 1.1.3 COURIER -- 1.1.4 WESTFORD -- 1.1.5 TELSTAR -- 1.1.6 RELAY -- 1.1.7 SYNCOM -- 1.1.8 EARLYBIRD -- 1.1.9 APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE-1, ATS-1 -- 1.1.10 ATS-3 -- 1.1.11 ATS-5 -- 1.1.12 ANIK A -- 1.1.13 ATS-6 -- 1.1.14 CTS -- 1.2 Some Basic Communications Satellite System Definitions -- 1.2.1 Satellite Communications Segments -- 1.2.1.1 Space Segment -- 1.2.1.2 Ground Segment -- 1.2.2 Satellite Link Parameters -- 1.2.3 Satellite Orbits -- 1.2.3.1 Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO or GEO) -- 1.2.3.2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) -- 1.2.3.3 Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) -- 1.2.3.4 High Earth Orbit (HEO) -- 1.2.4 Frequency Band Designations -- 1.3 Overview of Book Structure and Topics -- References -- Chapter 2 Satellite Orbits -- 2.1 Kepler's Laws -- 2.2 Orbital Parameters -- 2.3 Orbits in Common Use -- 2.3.1 Geostationary Orbit -- 2.3.2 Low Earth Orbit -- 2.3.3 Medium Earth Orbit -- 2.3.4 Highly Elliptical Orbit -- 2.3.5 Polar Orbit -- 2.4 Geometry of GSO Links -- 2.4.1 Range to Satellite -- 2.4.2 Elevation Angle to Satellite -- 2.4.3 Azimuth Angle to Satellite -- 2.4.4 Sample Calculation -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 3 Satellite Subsystems -- 3.1 Satellite Bus -- 3.1.1 Physical Structure -- 3.1.1.1 Spin Stabilization -- 3.1.1.2 Three-Axis Stabilization -- 3.1.2 Power Subsystem -- 3.1.3 Attitude Control -- 3.1.4 Orbital Control -- 3.1.5 Thermal Control -- 3.1.6 Electronic Propulsion Satellites -- 3.1.7 Tracking, Telemetry, Command, and Monitoring -- 3.2 Satellite Payload -- 3.2.1 Transponder -- 3.2.1.1 Frequency Translation Transponder -- 3.2.1.2 On-Board Processing Transponder -- 3.2.2 Antennas -- References |
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Chapter 4 The RF Link -- 4.1 Transmission Fundamentals -- 4.1.1 Effective Isotropic Radiated Power -- 4.1.2 Power Flux Density -- 4.1.3 Antenna Gain -- 4.1.3.1 Circular Parabolic Reflector Antenna -- 4.1.3.2 Beamwidth -- 4.1.4 Free-Space Path Loss -- 4.1.5 Basic Link Equation for Received Power -- 4.1.5.1 Sample Calculation for Ku-Band Link -- 4.2 System Noise -- 4.2.1 Noise Figure -- 4.2.2 Noise Temperature -- 4.2.2.1 Active Devices -- 4.2.2.2 Passive Devices -- 4.2.2.3 Receiver Antenna Noise -- 4.2.3 System Noise Temperature -- 4.2.3.1 Sample Calculation for System Noise Temperature -- 4.2.4 Figure of Merit -- 4.3 Link Performance Parameters -- 4.3.1 Carrier-to-Noise Ratio -- 4.3.2 Carrier-to-Noise Density -- 4.3.3 Energy-per-Bit to Noise Density -- Reference -- Problems -- Chapter 5 Link System Performance -- 5.1 Link Considerations -- 5.1.1 Fixed Antenna Size Link -- 5.1.2 Fixed Antenna Gain Link -- 5.1.3 Fixed Antenna Gain, Fixed Antenna Size Link -- 5.2 Uplink -- 5.2.1 Multiple Carrier Operation -- 5.3 Downlink -- 5.4 Percent of Time Performance Specifications -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 6 Transmission Impairments -- 6.1 Radiowave Frequency and Space Communications -- 6.2 Radiowave Propagation Mechanisms -- 6.2.1 Absorption -- 6.2.2 Scattering -- 6.2.3 Refraction -- 6.2.4 Diffraction -- 6.2.5 Multipath -- 6.2.6 Scintillation -- 6.2.7 Fading -- 6.2.8 Frequency Dispersion -- 6.3 Propagation Below About 3 GHz -- 6.3.1 Ionospheric Scintillation -- 6.3.2 Polarization Rotation -- 6.3.3 Group Delay -- 6.3.4 Dispersion -- 6.4 Propagation Above About 3 GHz -- 6.4.1 Rain Attenuation -- 6.4.1.1 Spatial Structure of Rain -- 6.4.1.2 Classical Description for Rain Attenuation -- 6.4.1.3 Attenuation and Rain Rate -- 6.4.2 Gaseous Attenuation -- 6.4.3 Cloud and Fog Attenuation -- 6.4.3.1 Specific Attenuation for Clouds |
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6.4.3.2 Total Cloud Attenuation -- 6.4.4 Depolarization -- 6.4.4.1 Rain Depolarization -- 6.4.4.2 Ice Depolarization -- 6.4.5 Tropospheric Scintillation -- 6.4.5.1 Scintillation Parameters -- 6.4.5.2 Amplitude Scintillation Measurements -- 6.5 Radio Noise -- 6.5.1 Specification of Radio Noise -- 6.5.2 Noise From Atmospheric Gases -- 6.5.3 Sky Noise Due To Rain -- 6.5.4 Sky Noise Due to Clouds -- 6.5.5 Noise From Extra-Terrestrial Sources -- 6.5.5.1 Cosmic Background Noise -- 6.5.5.2 Solar Noise -- 6.5.5.3 Lunar Noise -- 6.5.5.4 Radio Stars -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 7 Propagation Effects Modeling and Prediction -- 7.1 Atmospheric Gases -- 7.1.1 Leibe Complex Refractivity Model -- 7.1.2 ITU-R Gaseous Attenuation Models -- 7.1.2.1 ITU-R Line-by-line Calculation -- 7.1.2.2 ITU-R Gaseous Attenuation Approximation Method -- 7.2 Clouds and Fog -- 7.2.1 ITU-R Cloud Attenuation Model -- 7.2.2 Slobin Cloud Model -- 7.3 Rain Attenuation -- 7.3.1 ITU-R Rain Attenuation Model -- 7.3.2 Crane Rain Attenuation Models -- 7.3.2.1 Crane Global Rain Model -- 7.3.2.2 Crane Two Component Rain Attenuation Model -- 7.4 Depolarization -- 7.4.1 Rain Depolarization Modeling -- 7.4.1.1 ITU-R Depolarization Model -- 7.4.2 Ice Depolarization Modeling -- 7.4.2.1 Tsolakis and Stutzman T-Matrix Model -- 7.4.2.2 ITU-R Ice DepolarizationEstimation -- 7.5 Tropospheric Scintillation -- 7.5.1 Karasawa Scintillation Model -- 7.5.2 ITU-R Scintillation Model -- 7.5.3 van de Camp Cloud Scintillation Model -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 8 Rain Fade Mitigation -- 8.1 Power Restoral Techniques -- 8.1.1 Beam Diversity -- 8.1.2 Power Control -- 8.1.2.1 Uplink Power Control -- 8.1.2.2 Downlink Power Control -- 8.1.3 Site Diversity -- 8.1.3.1 Diversity Gain and Diversity Improvement -- 8.1.3.2 Diversity System Design and Performance -- 8.1.3.3 Site Diversity Processing |
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8.1.3.4 Considerations When Modeling Site Diversity -- 8.1.4 Orbit Diversity -- 8.2 Signal Modification Restoral Techniques -- 8.2.1 Frequency Diversity -- 8.2.2 Bandwidth Reduction -- 8.2.3 Time-Delayed Transmission Diversity -- 8.2.4 Adaptive Coding and Modulation -- 8.3 Summary -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 9 The Composite Link -- 9.1 Frequency Translation (FT) Satellite -- 9.1.1 Uplink -- 9.1.2 Downlink -- 9.1.3 Composite Carrier-to-Noise Ratio -- 9.1.3.1 Carrier-to-Noise Density -- 9.1.3.2 Energy-Per-Bit to Noise Density Ratio -- 9.1.4 Performance Implications -- 9.1.5 Path Losses and Link Performance -- 9.2 On-Board Processing (OBP) Satellite -- 9.2.1 OBP Uplink and Downlink -- 9.2.2 Composite OBP Performance -- 9.2.2.1 Binary FSK Link -- 9.3 Comparison of FT and OBP Performance -- 9.4 Intermodulation Noise -- 9.5 Link Design Summary -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 10 Satellite Communications Signal Processing -- 10.1 Analog Systems -- 10.1.1 Analog Baseband Formatting -- 10.1.2 Analog Source Combining -- 10.1.3 Analog Modulation -- 10.2 Digital Baseband Formatting -- 10.2.1 PCM Bandwidth Requirements -- 10.2.2 Nearly Instantaneous Companding (NIC) -- 10.2.3 Adaptive Delta Modulation (ADM) or Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation (CVSD) -- 10.2.4 Adaptive Differential PCM (ADPCM) -- 10.3 Digital Source Combining -- 10.4 Digital Carrier Modulation -- 10.4.1 Binary Phase Shift Keying -- 10.4.2 Quadrature Phase Shift Keying -- 10.4.3 Higher Order Phase Modulation -- 10.5 Summary -- Reference -- Problems -- Chapter 11 Satellite Multiple Access -- 11.1 Frequency Division Multiple Access -- 11.1.1 PCM/TDM/PSK/FDMA -- 11.1.2 PCM/SCPC/PSK/FDMA -- 11.2 Time Division Multiple Access -- 11.2.1 PCM/TDM/PSK/TDMA -- 11.2.2 TDMA Frame Efficiency -- 11.2.2.1 Sample Calculation for Frame Efficiency -- 11.2.3 TDMA Capacity |
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11.2.3.1 Sample Calculation for Channel Capacity -- 11.2.4 Satellite Switched TDMA -- 11.3 Code Division Multiple Access -- 11.3.1 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum -- 11.3.2 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum -- 11.3.3 CDMA Processing Gain -- 11.3.4 CDMA Capacity -- 11.3.4.1 Sample Calculation for the CDMA Channel Capacity -- References -- Problems -- Chapter 12 The Mobile Satellite Channel -- 12.1 Mobile Channel Propagation -- 12.1.1 Reflection -- 12.1.2 Diffraction -- 12.1.3 Scattering -- 12.2 Narrowband Channel -- 12.2.1 Path Loss Factor -- 12.2.2 Shadow Fading -- 12.2.2.1 Empirical Roadside Shadowing Model -- 12.2.2.2 ITU-R Roadside Building Shadowing Model -- 12.2.3 Multipath Fading -- 12.2.3.1 Mountain Environment Multipath Model -- 12.2.3.2 Roadside Trees Multipath Model -- 12.2.4 Blockage -- 12.2.4.1 ITU-R Building Blockage Model -- 12.2.4.2 Hand Held Terminal Blockage -- 12.2.5 Mixed Propagation Conditions -- 12.3 Wideband Channel -- 12.4 Multi-Satellite Mobile Links -- 12.4.1 Uncorrelated Fading -- 12.4.1.1 Multi-Satellite GSO Network -- 12.4.1.2 Multi-Satellite NGSO Network -- 12.4.2 Correlated Fading -- References -- Chapter 13 Spectrum Management in Satellite Communications -- 13.1 Spectrum Management Functions and Activities -- 13.1.1 International Spectrum Management -- 13.1.2 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) -- 13.1.3 Frequency Allocation Process -- 13.1.4 Spectrum Management in the United States -- 13.1.4.1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- 13.1.4.2 National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) -- 13.1.4.3 FCC and NTIA Duel Organization Structure -- 13.2 Methods of Radio Spectrum Sharing -- 13.2.1 Frequency Separation -- 13.2.2 Spatial Separation -- 13.2.3 Time Separation -- 13.2.4 Signal Separation -- 13.3 Spectrum Efficiency Metrics -- 13.3.1 Spectrum Utilization Factor (U) |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Ippolito, Louis J., Jr. Satellite Communications Systems Engineering : Atmospheric Effects, Satellite Link Design and System Performance
Chicester : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2017 9781119259374
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Atmospheric radio refractivity
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