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Satellite communications / Dennis Roddy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, c2006.Edition: 4th edDescription: xii, 636 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780071462983 (hbk.) :
  • 0071462988
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.3825 ROD
Contents:
1.Overview of satellite systems -- 2.Orbits and launching methods -- 3.The geostationary orbit -- 4.Radio wave propagation -- 5.Polarization -- 6.Antennas -- 7.The space segment -- 8.The earth segment -- 9.Analog signals -- 10.Digital signals -- 11.Error control coding -- 12.The space link -- 13.Interference -- 14.Satellite access -- 15.Satellites in networks -- 16.Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television -- 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.
Summary: Combining textbook-style coverage with a low-math approach, this book appeals to the wireless and networking markets. It also features global wireless services, including 3G, antenna options, and error coding.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 621.3825 ROD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 208611

Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Overview of satellite systems -- 2.Orbits and launching methods -- 3.The geostationary orbit -- 4.Radio wave propagation -- 5.Polarization -- 6.Antennas -- 7.The space segment -- 8.The earth segment -- 9.Analog signals -- 10.Digital signals -- 11.Error control coding -- 12.The space link -- 13.Interference -- 14.Satellite access -- 15.Satellites in networks -- 16.Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) television -- 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.

Combining textbook-style coverage with a low-math approach, this book appeals to the wireless and networking markets. It also features global wireless services, including 3G, antenna options, and error coding.

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