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The Best of Three? |
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Chapter 1 5G Radio Spectrum Including RF C Band: Link Budgets and Active and Passive Device Efficiency |
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1.1 New Radio: The FR 1 Bands |
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1.4 Smart Phone RF Front Ends |
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1.5 5G Standards Including NTNs |
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1.6 What Bands and Technologies Are Supported in Present Smart Phones? |
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1.7 Can I Make a Phone Call On My 5G Satellite Phone? |
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1.8 Defining the S-RAN and the Role of the G-WON |
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Appendix 1A Resources and References |
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Chapter 2 Optical C Band Link Budgets and Active and Passive Device Efficiency |
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2.1 The Best Way to Move Bits About? |
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2.2 Guided Versus Unguided Media |
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2.3 Impact of Device Efficiency on Guided and Unguided Media |
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2.4 Optical Modulation and Optical Band Options for Terrestrial Fiber and Free-Space Optical Transmission |
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2.5.1 Device Challenges for Wavelength-Division Multiplexing |
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2.5.2 Device Efficiency Comparisons |
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2.6 Modulation in Short, Medium, and Long-Haul Terrestrial Fiber |
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2.7 The Role of the Digital Signal Processor in RF and Optical Terrestrial and Space Networks and Legacy Copper |
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2.8 The Copper-to-Fiber Transition and the Passive Optical Network |
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2.9.1 PON Performance in the 5G RAN |
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2.9.2 Single-Mode and Multimode Fiber--Connector Loss and Other Losses |
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2.9.3 Differentiating Intrinsic and Extrinsic Losses |
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2.10 Active Optical Networks |
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2.11 The 5G C-RAN, D-RAN, S-RAN, Fronthaul, Midhaul, Backhaul, Long-Haul Links |
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2.12 Longhaul to Fronthaul |
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2.13 Impact of H-ARQ on Fronthaul Latency |
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2.14 Common Public Radio Interface and Enhanced CPRI Standards |
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2.14.2 Fronthaul, Midhaul, and Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) |
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2.14.3 Passive Optical, Active Optical, and Point-to-Point Wireless Integration |
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2.15 Point-to-Point Wireless V Band, E Band, W Band, and D Band |
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2.16 5G Networks in 2023--Optical and RF Backhaul Options |
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2.17 E Band Point-to-Point Radios |
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2.18 Copper Versus Fiber to the Desk and Fiber to the Sofa (5G TV) |
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2.19 Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) |
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2.19.2 POF in Automotive and Medical Markets |
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2.20 Power over Guided and Unguided Media |
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2.20.1 Power over Copper and Cable and Fiber |
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2.20.2 Power over Free Space--RF and Optical Systems |
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2.21 Subsea Optical C Band |
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2.22 Power over Subsea Cable |
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2.23 RF and Optical Band Plan |
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Additional References and Resources |
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3.1 Is Analog the Answer? |
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3.2 Direct and Indirect Digital and Analog Modulation |
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3.3 The Role of Analog Optical Transport in 5G eMBB, URLLC Repeater Applications, and In-Band-Access Backhaul (IAB) |
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3.4 The Role of Analog Optical Transport (AOT) in Network Vendor Interoperability Testing (NV-IOT) [ 8] |
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3.5 Enabling Technologies for Analog Optical Fiber Transport |
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3.6 In-Building Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) |
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3.6.1 Passive Analog RF over Coax or Optical over Fiber DAS |
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3.6.2 Active RF and Optical Digital DAS |
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3.6.3 Hybrid Optical Analog and Digital DAS as an Evolution of Hybrid Coax and Fiber Analog and Digital DAS |
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3.6.4 LAN over Fiber and 5G in Building Systems |
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3.7 Long-Distance RF Analog Transport over Analog Fiber |
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3.8 RF over Fiber for SATCOM |
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3.9 RF Overlay and Legacy RF over Glass Systems |
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3.10 Analog over Analog Versus Digital Analog |
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3.11 The Digital Dividend |
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3.12 Two Hundred Years of Telecom |
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Appendix 3A Vendors of Distributed Access Systems |
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Chapter 4 Space RF Link Budgets |
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4.1 Intersatellite RF Links (ISLs)--Introduction |
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4.2 RF Applications in Space--Past, Present, and Future and Their Impact on Link Design |
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4.3 Space Weather as a Component of an ISL and Space-to-Earth and Earth-to-Space Link Budget |
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4.4 The Math and Mechanics of ISL (in Standard SI Units) |
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4.4.1 Signal-to-Noise and Carrier-to-Noise |
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4.4.2 Free-Space Loss and the Frii's Free-Space Path Loss Equation |
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4.4.3 Energy per Bit and Energy per Symbol |
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4.4.4 Noise as Seen by the Antenna |
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4.4.5 Reuse of 5G Beamforming AAUs in Space ISL and Other Novel Options |
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4.5 Power and Antenna Gain in Space-Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) |
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4.8 Analog-to-Digital (A/D) and Digital-to-Analog (D/A) Conversion (DAC) in Space |
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4.9 ISL in Existing Space Deployments |
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4.9.2 European Data Relay Service |
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4.10 ISLs--Differences Between Constellation ISL and Formation ISL |
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4.10.1 HawkEye360 and IcEye as Two Examples of Formation-Flying RF Added Value |
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4.10.2 Iridium ISL and Formation Flying |
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4.11 Link Budgets, Lawyers, and WRC23 |
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4.12 Summary--RF and Optical in Space |
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Chapter 5 Optical ISLs--Link and Noise Budgets and Other Considerations |
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5.1.1 Optical and RF Transceivers |
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5.1.2 Omnidirectional Light, Retroreflectors, and Simple Transceivers in Space |
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5.1.3 Multidirectional PTP for Collision Avoidance |
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101 | (1) |
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5.1.4 Reuse of Terrestrial Optical Components in Space and HAPS |
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5.1.5 Coherent Detection Versus Direct Detection |
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5.1.6 Goodput and Channel-Coding Overheads in an OISL |
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103 | (1) |
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5.1.7 Optical Beamwidth and Pointing Loss |
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5.1.8 RF Thermal Noise and Optical Quantum Noise as a Link Budget Limitation |
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5.2 Homodyne, Heterodyne, and Intradyne Receivers |
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5.3 Optical Conformance Testing--Noise Budgets, Signal to Noise, and Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
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5.4 Optical Heterodyne Noise and Gain Budgets |
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5.5 Pointing Loss and Vibration Loss |
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5.6 Vibration Loss, Jitter Loss, Pointing Loss, and Tracking Loss Noise Budgets |
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5.7 Iridium as an Example of How a LEO Satellite Moves Around in Space, What That Does to the (RF) Link Budget, and What This Means for OISL |
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5.8 Doppler Wavelength Shift and WDM OISL |
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5.9 Other Sources of Noise and Distortion and Unwanted Signal Energy |
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5.9.2 Unwanted Signal Energy and the PAT Subsystem |
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113 | (1) |
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5.9.3 Unwanted Light Energy in the Beacon Signal and Data Path |
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114 | (1) |
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5.9.4 Mirror Resonance and Mirror Optical Quality |
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5.9.5 RX TX Light Path Mixing and Isolation |
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5.10 Diffraction Limits and the Strehl Ratio as a Measure of Optical System Quality |
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5.11 Laser Beam Quality and M-Squared (M2) Measurement |
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5.12 Circular and Elliptical Beams Laser Choice and Its Impact on Flux Density with VCSEL as an Example |
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5.13 LNAs and PAs in OISL |
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5.15 Filtering Out Solar Noise |
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122 | (1) |
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5.18 5G OISL and the OISL Vendor Supply Chain |
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Chapter 6 Deep Space and Near Space |
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6.1 Heading for the Oort Clouds |
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127 | (2) |
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6.2 5G Spectrum and Standards Summary |
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129 | (4) |
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6.2.1 The Radio Astronomy Bands |
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129 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Deep Space and Near Space ITU Definition |
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6.2.3 Red Shift and Blue Shift |
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6.2.5 Narrow Spectral Lines |
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6.2.6 Radio Frequencies and Bandwidths in Radio Astronomy |
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6.2.7 Radio Astronomy History and Present Systems--The Half-Minute Summary |
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6.2.8 Radio Astronomy and 5G Coexistence |
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132 | (1) |
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6.2.9 Why Bother About Deep Space? |
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132 | (1) |
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6.3 Deep Space from the Ground (RF) |
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133 | (4) |
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6.3.1 The Radio Story--Radar |
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133 | (1) |
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6.3.2 The Radio Story--The Atacama Large and Submeter Array (ALMA) as an Example of RF and Optical Integration |
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6.3.3 The Radio Story-Square-Kilometer Array |
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6.4 Deep Space from the Ground (Optical) |
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6.4.1 Galileo and Monsieur Cassegrain--The Optical Story |
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6.4.2 Optical Measurements and Precision Cosmology |
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6.4.3 Optical Telescopes for Astronomy and Optical Ground Station Integration |
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6.4.5 The Large Binocular Telescope--Mount Graham International Observatory |
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6.5 Deep Space from Deep Space--TheJWST |
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6.5.2 K-Band Space-to-Earth Radio Links from JWST |
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143 | (1) |
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6.5.3 JWST and the Deep-Space Network |
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143 | (1) |
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6.5.4 Physical Stability on Earth and in Space |
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144 | (1) |
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6.6 Deep-Space and Near-Space Network Integration |
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6.6.1 The Deep-Space Difference |
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145 | (1) |
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6.6.2 Seventy-Meter DSN Antennas |
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145 | (1) |
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6.6.3 The 34-m Subnetwork |
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146 | (1) |
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6.7 Deep Space from the Moon and CISLunar Space |
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147 | (1) |
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6.8 X-Rays from Deep Space |
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148 | (1) |
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6.9 The Near-Space Network |
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6.9.1 What Is the Near-Space Network? |
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6.11 Near Space from a Cold Place |
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154 | (1) |
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6.12 Near-Space Optical Network |
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154 | (1) |
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6.13 Deep-Space Data Rates, Latency, and CCSDS Standards |
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6.14 Space Optical and Radio Standards |
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Chapter 7 Ground Station and Earth Station Hardware and Software--Challenges of Supporting LEO, MEO, and GSO Systems |
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161 | (1) |
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7.2 The Hyper-Linked Hyperdata Center |
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162 | (1) |
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7.3 Hyperdata Centers and Points of Presence |
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162 | (1) |
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7.4 Gateways, Ground Stations, Earth Stations, and Teleports |
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7.5 Mr. Brunei, Big Ships, Landing Stations, and Long-Distance Subsea Cables |
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165 | (2) |
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7.6 Subsea to Terrestrial Connectivity--Scale Issues and Politics, with Africa as an Example |
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167 | (1) |
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7.7 Fiji to Tonga--The Cost of Cable Failure |
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168 | (1) |
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7.8 Subsea Cable Economics--Optical C Band Under the Sea |
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168 | (1) |
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7.9 From Station Clocks to Space Clocks |
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169 | (1) |
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7.10 Timing and Earth Station Scheduling |
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7.11 Time and Positioning Accuracy |
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7.12.1 Ultra-Large Container Ships |
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171 | (1) |
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7.12.2 Safety at Sea and Automatic Identification Systems |
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171 | (1) |
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7.12.3 Container Ships, Cruise Ships, and Earth Stations |
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172 | (1) |
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7.12.4 5G at Sea and Maritime Port Integration |
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173 | (1) |
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7.12.6 Optical ESIM--C Band at Sea |
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173 | (1) |
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7.13 Longwave to Light--Marconi and Musk |
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174 | (1) |
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7.15 Quantum Earth Stations |
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178 | (2) |
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7.16 Optical Computing and Optical Storage |
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180 | (1) |
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7.17 Ground Versus Space Complexity |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (5) |
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Appendix 7A Resources--Timing and Synchronization |
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Chapter 8 Low-Altitude Platforms |
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8.1 Whatever-the-Weather Wireless |
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187 | (2) |
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8.4 Drone Airframe Options, Size, and Wi-Fi Data Rates |
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191 | (1) |
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8.5 Flying Cars and 5G Urban Air Mobility |
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192 | (1) |
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8.6 War Drones for War Zones |
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8.7 Height, Altitude, Radio Altimeters, C-Band Protection Ratios, and In-Flight Connectivity |
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195 | (2) |
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8.8 Precision Flying Using MEO GPS and LEO Time and Freqency References |
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197 | (2) |
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8.9 Opportunistic Navigation |
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8.10 Summary--Beyond-Line-of-Site (BLOS) Navigation, Communications, and Control |
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200 | (1) |
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8.11 Large and Lost at Sea Malaysian Airlines MH 370 |
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200 | (1) |
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8.12 Aviation Radio Spectrum |
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8.12.2 Model-Aircraft Radio Control |
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202 | (1) |
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8.12.3 The Aviation Bands |
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8.12.4 First-Person-View Drone Frequencies in the ISM Bands |
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205 | (1) |
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8.14 Longwave, Medium-Wave, Shortwave, and VHF Radio Systems at WRC-23 |
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206 | (1) |
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8.15 In-Flight Connectivity |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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8.17 SIMS, Multi-SIMS, and ESIMS and the 5G ATG Link Budget |
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210 | (1) |
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8.18 Connecting from Above Using Optimized Single-Band Radios as an Alternative to 5G ATG |
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211 | (3) |
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8.19 Optical Versus RF from 0 to 100 km--Shannon and RF and Optical Link Budgets |
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214 | (2) |
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8.19.1 High-Power High-Tower Cellular Repurposed for 5G ATG |
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214 | (1) |
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8.19.2 Market Scale and the Shannon Limit |
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214 | (1) |
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8.19.3 Aircraft Size and the Shannon Limit |
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215 | (1) |
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8.19.4 The 33-Layer Atmospheric Model |
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215 | (1) |
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8.19.5 Optical Scattering and Adaptive Optics--Greenwood, Mie, and Fraunhofer |
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215 | (1) |
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8.20 Optical Control of Drones and UAVs |
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216 | (1) |
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8.21 Plane Spotting from Space |
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216 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 High-Altitude Platforms |
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219 | (12) |
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9.2 HAPS Alliance, the GSMA, and ITU HAPS Spectrum Allocations |
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224 | (3) |
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9.2.1 L-Band and S-Band HAPS Mobile Spectrum |
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224 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Other HAPS Mobile Spectrum in Low Band (UHF) and Mid Band (L Band and S Band) |
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225 | (1) |
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9.2.3 HAPS Fixed Service Spectrum |
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225 | (1) |
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9.2.4 V Band, W Band, and E Band for HAPS |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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9.4 Hydrogen Versus Helium for HAPS |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 RF and Optical Technology Enablers |
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231 | (8) |
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10.1 The Five Gs--RF Technology Time Scales |
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231 | (2) |
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10.2 The Ten Gs--Optical Technology Time Scales |
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233 | (1) |
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10.3 Electronics Versus Photonics |
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234 | (1) |
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10.4 From 2D to 5D--Optical Computers and Photonic Storage |
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235 | (1) |
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10.5 Summary--Light at the Enciof a Tunnel |
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236 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Technology Economics of RF and Fiber for Terrestrial and Space Networks |
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239 | (6) |
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11.1 Link Budget Economics |
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11.2 Moore's Law and Our Law--the Law of the Dollar and the Decibel and the Impact of the Link Budget on RF and Optical Network Economics |
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239 | (2) |
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11.3 Space Value Versus Terrestrial Value |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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11.7 6G and Satellite RF and Optical Spectrum Standards and Scale |
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242 | (3) |
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About the Author |
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Index |
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