Research Catalog

Title

Satellite communications systems engineering : atmospheric effects, satellite link design, and system performance / Louis J. Ippolito.

Author

Ippolito, Louis J., Jr. (Louis Joseph), 1941-

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley, ©2008.

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Details

Description

xviii, 376 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"This book presents and analyzes all atmospheric effects of importance for today's satellite systems, and discusses the tools needed for designing the links and evaluating system performance. It serves as an excellent reference for communications engineers, wireless network and system engineers, system designers and graduate students in satellite communications and related fields."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Wiley series on wireless communications and mobile computing

Uniform Title

Wiley series on wireless communications and mobile computing.

Subject

• Artificial satellites in telecommunication
• Atmospheric radio refractivity
• Radio > Interference
• communications satellites
• Satellitenfunk
• Satellitkommunikationer

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Satellite orbits -- Satellite subsystems -- The RF link -- Link system performance -- Transmission impairments -- Propagation effects modeling and prediction -- Rain fade mitigation -- The composite link -- Satellite multiple access -- The mobile satellite channel -- Appendix A : satellite signal processing elements -- Appendix B : error functions and bit error rate.

ISBN

• 9780470725276
• 0470725273

LCCN

2008013166

OCLC

• ocn213602559
• 213602559
• SCSB-9302833

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library