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Ippolito: Satellite Communications Systems Engineering: |
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Atmospheric Effects, Satellite Link Design and System Performance |
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| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS |
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1.1 Early History of Satellite Communications |
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1.2 Some Basic Communications Satellite System Definitions |
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1.3 Regulatory Process for Satellite Communications |
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1.4 Overview of Book Structure and Topics |
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| CHAPTER 2 SATELLITE ORBITS |
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2.4 Geometry of GSO Links |
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| CHAPTER 3 SATELLITE SUBSYSTEMS |
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| CHAPTER 4 THE RF LINK |
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4.1 Transmission Fundamentals |
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4.3 Link Performance Parameters |
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| CHAPTER 5 LINK SYSTEM PERFORMANCE |
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5.4 Percent of Time Performance Specifications |
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| CHAPTER 6 TRANSMISSION IMPAIRMENTS |
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6.1 Radiowave Frequency and Space Communications |
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6.2 Radiowave Propagation Mechanisms |
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6.3 Propagation Below About 3 GHz |
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6.4 Propagation Above About 3 GHz |
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| CHAPTER 7 PROPAGATION EFFECTS MODELING & PREDICTION |
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7.5 Tropospheric Scintillation |
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| CHAPTER 8 RAIN FADE MITIGATION |
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8.1 Power Restoral Techniques |
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8.2 Signal Modification Restoral Techniques |
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| CHAPTER 9 THE COMPOSITE LINK |
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9.1 Frequency Translation (FT) Satellite |
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9.2 On-Board Processing (OBP) Satellite |
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9.3 Comparison of FT and OBP Performance |
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9.4 Intermodulation Noise |
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| CHAPTER 10 SATELLITE MULTIPLE ACCESS |
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10.1 Frequency Division Multiple Access |
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10.2 Time Division Multiple Access |
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10.3 Code Division Multiple Access |
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10.4 Chapter 10 References |
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| CHAPTER 11 THE MOBILE SATELLITE CHANNEL |
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11.1 Mobile Channel Propagation |
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11.4 Multi-Satellite Mobile Links |
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11.5 Chapter 11 References |
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| APPENDIX A SATELLITE SIGNAL PROCESSING ELEMENTS |
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A.1.1 Analog Baseband Formatting |
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A.1.2 Analog Source Combining |
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A.2 Digital Baseband Formatting |
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A.3 Digital Source Combining |
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A.4 Digital Carrier Modulation |
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A.4.1 Binary Phase Shift Keying |
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A.4.2 Quadrature Phase Shift Keying |
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A.4.3 Higher Order Phase Modulation |
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A.6 Appendix A References |
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| APPENDIX B ERROR FUNCTIONS AND BIT ERROR RATE |
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B.2 Approximation for BER |
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