[PDF] Satellite Communications

Satellite Communications is Gtu book for Gujarat Technological University Electronics & Communication Branch Students in Engineering Third Year by Dennis Roddy.

The leading reference and text in the field for over a decade, Satellite Communications, has been revised, updated, and expanded to cover breakthroughs in global wireless applications, digital television, and Internet access via satellite. Filled with worked examples and 200 illustrations, the new edition offers a clear, state-of-the-art presentation of all satellite communications topics. Readers will find detailed coverage of orbits and launching methods…radio wave propagation… polarization…antennas…analog signals…digital signals …the space link…interference…FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA…satellite services, the Internet, ATM and TCP/IP…digital television broadcasting…mobile services and networking…and much more.
The new Fourth Edition features:

In-depth coverage of today’s satellite communication innovations, combined with an intuitive, low-math approach for ease of understandingUpdated information on antennas and arrays, error coding methods, mobile services, digital television, and satellite-based Internet services

This “Bible” of Satellite Communications Includes:

* Overview of Satellite Systems
* Orbits and Launching Methods
* Geostationary Orbit
* Radio Wave Propagation
* Polarization
* Antennas
* The Space Segment
* The Earth Segment
* Analog Signals
* Digital Signals
* Error Control Coding
* The Space Link
* Interference
* Satellite Access
* Satellites in Networks
* Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Television
* Satellite Mobile and Specialized Services