Satellite Systems for Personal and Broadband Communications by E. Lutz, M. Werner, A. Jahn.

Das Buch gibt einen fundierten Überblick über aktuelle und zukünftige Satellitensysteme für Mobilkommunikation (personal communication) und Breitbandkommunikation. In Teil I werden die Grundlagen von geostationären und nichtgeostationären Satellitenkonstellationen sowie die damit verbundenen nachric...

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Main Authors: Lutz, E. (Author), Werner, M. (Author), Jahn, A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Basics
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Satellite Orbits, Constellations, and System Concepts
  • 3. Signal Propagation and Link Budget
  • 4. Signal Transmission
  • II. Satellite Systems for Mobile/Personal Communications
  • 5. Multiple Access
  • 6. Cellular Satellite Systems
  • 7. Network Aspects
  • 8. Satellite Technology
  • 9. Regulatory, Organizational, and Financial Aspects
  • III. Satellite Systems for Broadband Multimedia Communicat ions
  • 10. Multimedia Communications in Satellite Systems
  • 11. ATM-Based Satellite Networks
  • 12. Network Dimensioning
  • A. Satellite Spot Beams and Map Transformations
  • A.1 Map Projections and Satellite Views
  • A.2 Generation of Satellite Spot Beams
  • B. Parameters of the Land Mobile Satellite Channel
  • B.1 Narrowband Two-State Model at L Band
  • B.2 Narrowband Two-State Model at EHF Band
  • B.3 Wideband Model at L Band
  • C. Existing and Planned Satellite Systems
  • C.1 Survey of Satellite Systems
  • C.2 ACeS (Asia Cellular Satellite)
  • C.3 Astrolink
  • C.4 EuroSkyWay
  • C.5 Globalstar
  • C.6 ICO (Intermediate Circular Orbits)
  • C.7 Inmarsat-3/Inmarsat mini-M
  • C.8 Iridium
  • C.9 Orbcomm
  • CIO SkyBridge
  • C.11 Sky Station
  • C.12 Spaceway
  • C.13 Teledesic
  • References.