Satellite Communications
3rd Edition
Published on 6. December 2019
Book
Hardback
744 pages
978-1-119-48217-8 (ISBN)
Description
Extensive revision of the best-selling text on satellite communications -- includes new chapters on cubesats, NGSO satellite systems, and Internet access by satellite
There have been many changes in the thirty three years since the first edition of Satellite Communications was published. There has been a complete transition from analog to digital communication systems, withanalog techniques replaced by digital modulation and digital signal processing. While distribution of television programming remains the largest sector of commercial satellite communications, low earth orbit constellations of satellites for Internet access are set to challenge that dominance.
In the third edition, chapters one through three cover topics that are specific to satellites, including orbits, launchers, and spacecraft. Chapters four through seven cover the principles of digital communication systems, radio frequency communications, digital modulation and multiple access techniques, and propagation in the earth's atmosphere, topics that are common to all radio communication systems. Chapters eight through twelve cover applications that include non-geostationary satellite systems, low throughput systems, direct broadcast satellite television, Internet access by satellite, and global navigation satellite systems. The chapter on Internet access by satellite is new to the third edition, and each of the chapters has been extensively revised to include the many changes in the field since the publication of the second edition in 2003. Two appendices have been added that cover digital transmission of analog signals, and antennas.
An invaluable resource for students and professionals alike, this book:
* Focuses on the fundamental theory of satellite communications
* Explains the underlying principles and essential mathematics required to understand the physics and engineering of satellite communications
* Discusses the expansion of satellite communication systems in areas such as direct-broadcast satellite TV, GPS, and internet access
* Introduces the rapidly advancing field of small satellites, referred to as SmallSats or CubeSats
* Provides relevant practice problems based on real-world satellite systems
Satellite Communications is required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in satellite communications courses and an authoritative reference for engineers working in communications, systems and networks, and satellite operations and management.
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Persons
Timothy Pratt is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, USA. He is a life senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. After industrial experience in UK industry, he taught at the University of Birmingham for ten years and at Virginia Tech for thirty years. He retired from Virginia Tech in 2013 and lives on a farm in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Jeremy Allnutt is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University, USA. He was a telecommunications research scientist in England and Canada and then Intelsat in Washington, DC. After Intelsat, he spent four years as a professor in ECE at the Northern Virginia campus of Virginia Tech before joining George Mason University, from which he retired in 2014. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK).
Content
Dedication
Authors
Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 A Brief History of Satellite Communications
1.3 Satellite Communications in 2018
1.4 Overview of Satellite Communications
1.5 Summary
1.6 Organization of this book
References
2 Orbital Mechanics and Launchers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Achieving a Stable Orbit
2.3 Kepler's three laws of planetary motion
2.4 Describing the Orbit of a Satellite
2.5 Locating the Satellite in the Orbit
2.6 Locating the Satellite with Respect to Earth
2.7 Orbital Elements
2.8 Look Angles
2.9 Orbital Perturbations
2.10 Orbit determination
2.11 Space Launch Vehicles and Rockets
2.12 Manned Space Vehicles
2.13 Orbital Effects in Communication Systems
2.14 Summary
References
Exercises
3 Satellites
3.1 Satellite Subsystems
3.2 Attitude and Orbital Control System
3.3 Telemetry, Tracking, Command, and Monitoring (TTC&M)
3.4 Power Systems
3.5 Communication s Subsystems
3.6 Satellite Antennas
3.7 Equipment Reliability and Space Qualification
3.8 Summary
References
Exercises
4 Satellite Link Design
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Transmission Theory
4.3 System Noise temperature and G/T ratio
4.4 Design of Downlinks
4.5 Ku-band GEO satellite systems
4.6 Uplink Design
4.7 Design for specified CNR: Combining CNR and C/I values in satellite links
4.8 System design for specific performance
4.9 Summary
References
Exercises
5. Digital Transmission and Error Control
5.1 Baseband Digital Signals
5.2 Implementing Zero ISI transmission in the Time Domain
5.3 Digital Transmission of Analog Signals
5.4 Time Division Multiplexing
5.5 Packets,Frames and Protocols
5.6 Error Control
5.7 Summary
References
Exercises
Chapter 6 Modulation and Multiple Access
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Digital Modulation
6.3 Multiple Access
6.4 Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
6.5 Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
6.6 Synchronization in TDMA Networks
6.7 Transmitter Power in TDMA Networks
6.8 Star and Mesh Networks
6.9 On-Board Processing
6.10 Demand Assignment Multiple Access (DAMA)
6.11 Random Access (RA)
6.12 Packet Radio Systems and Protocols
6.13 Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
6.14 Summary
References
Exercises
7 Propagation Effects and Their Impact on Satellite-Earth Links
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Propagation Phenomena
7.3 Quantifying Attenuation and Depolarization
7.4 Propagation Effects that are not Associated with Hydrometeors
7.5 Rain and Ice Effects
7.6 Prediction of Rain Attenuation
7.7 Prediction of XPD
7.8 Propagation impairment countermeasures
7.9 Summary
References
8 Low Throughput Systems and Small Satellites
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Small Satellites
8.3 Operational Use of SmallSats
8.4 Low Throughput Mobile Communications Satellite Systems
8.5 VSAT Systems
8.6 Signal Formats
8.7 System Aspects
8.8 Time over Coverage
8.9 Orbital Debris
8.10 Summary
References
9. NGSO Satellite Systems
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Orbit Considerations
9.3 Coverage and Frequency Considerations
9.4 System Considerations
9.5 Operational and Proposed NGSO Constellation Designs
9.6 System Design Example
9.7 Summary
References
10. Direct Broadcast Satellite Television and Radio
10.1 C-band and Ku-band Home Satellite TV
10.2 Digital DBS-TV
10.3 DVB-S and DVB-S2 standards
10.4 DBS-TV System Design
10.5 DBS-TV Link Budget for DVB-S and DVB-S2 Receivers
10.6 Second Generation DBS-TV Satellite Systems using DVB-S2 Signal Format
10.7 Master Control Station and Uplink
10.8 Installation of DBS-TV Antennas
10.9 Satellite Radio Broadcasting
10.10 Summary
References
11 Satellite Internet
11.1 History of Satellite Internet access
11.2 Geostationary Satellite Internet Access
11.3 NGSO Satellite Systems
11.4 Link Budgets for NGSO systems
11.5 Packets and Protocols for NGSO Systems
11.6 Gateways, User Terminals, and on-board Processing Satellites
11.7 Total Capacity of OneWeb and Space X Proposed NGSO Constellations
11.8 End of Life Disposal of NGSO satellites
11.9 Comparison of Spot Beam Coverage of GSO and LEO Internet Access Satellites
11.10 Gateway and User Terminal Antennas for Ku-band,Ka-band,and V-band
11.11 Summary
References
12 Satellite Navigation and the Global Positioning System
12.1 The Global Positioning System
12.2 Radio and Satellite Navigation
12.3 GPS Position Location Principles
12.4 GPS Codes and Frequencies
12.5 Satellite Signal Acquisition
12.6 GPS Signal Levels
12.7 GPS Navigation Message
12.8 GPS C/A Code Standard Positioning System Accuracy
12.9 Differential GPS
12.10 Denial of Service: Jamming and Spoofing
12.11 ADS-B and Air Traffic Control
12.12 GPS Modernization
12.13 Summary
References
Glossary
Appendix A Decibels in Communications Engineering
Appendix B Antennas
Appendix C Complementary error function erfc(x) and Q function Q(z)
Appendix D Digital Transmission of Analog Signals