Satellite Communications Systems
Description
The updated 6th edition of the authoritative and comprehensive textbook to the field of satellite communications engineering
The revised and updated sixth edition of Satellite Communications Systems contains information on the most recent advances related to satellite communications systems, technologies, network architectures and new requirements of services and applications. The authors - noted experts on the topic - cover the state-of-the-art satellite communication systems and technologies and examine the relevant topics concerning communication and network technologies, concepts, techniques and algorithms. New to this edition is information on internetworking with the broadband satellite systems, more intensive coverage of Ka band technologies, GEO high throughput satellite (HTS), LEO constellations and the potential to support the current new broadband Internet services as well as future developments for global information infrastructure.
The authors offer details on digital communication systems and broadband networks in order to provide high-level researchers and professional engineers an authoritative reference. In addition, the book is designed in a user-friendly format. This important text:
- Puts the focus on satellite communications and networks as well as the related applications and services
- Provides an essential, comprehensive and authoritative updated guide to the topic
- Contains new topics including the space segment, ground, ground satellite control and network management, relevant terrestrial networks and more
- Includes helpful illustrations, tables and problems to enhance learning
- Offers a summary at the beginning of each chapter to help understand the concepts and principles discussed
Written for research students studying or researching in the areas related to satellite communications systems and networks, the updated sixth edition of Satellite Communications Systems offers an essential guide to the most recent developments in the field of satellite communications engineering and references to international standards.
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GÉRARD MARAL, PhD, developed the Telecom-Paris Site of Toulouse and its Satellite Communications Systems Educational and Research Programme.
MICHEL BOUSQUET, ISAE-SUPAERO (Retired) has lectured on satellite communications in numerous universities and continuing education courses world-wide. He was involved in several EU and ESA research programmes. Standing on the committees of AIAA and IEEE conferences, he is the recipient of the AIAA Communications Award for 2019.
ZHILI SUN, PhD, is Professor at the University of Surrey and Postgraduate Research Director. He has researched satellite communication networks for more than 26 years and worked in many major European framework research projects.
Content
Acknowledgement xv
Acronyms xvii
Notations xxiii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Birth of Satellite Communications 1
1.2 Development of Satellite Communications 1
1.3 Configuration of a Satellite Communications System 3
1.4 Types of Orbit 11
1.5 Radio Regulations 16
1.6 Technology Trends 21
1.7 Services 23
1.8 The Way Forward 25
2 Orbits and Related Issues 29
2.1 Keplerian Orbits 29
2.2 Useful Orbits for Satellite Communication 53
2.3 Perturbations of Orbits 80
2.4 Conclusion 110
3 Baseband Digital Signals, Packet Networks, and Quality of Service (QOS) 113
3.1 Baseband Signals 114
3.2 Performance Objectives 123
3.3 Availability Objectives 124
3.4 Delay 126
3.5 IP Packet Transfer QOS and Network Performance 128
3.6 Conclusion 133
4 Digital Communications Techniques 135
4.1 Baseband Formatting 137
4.2 Digital Modulation 138
4.3 Channel Coding 153
4.4 Channel Coding and the Power-Bandwidth Trade-Off 157
4.5 Coded Modulation 162
4.6 End-To-End Error Control 169
4.7 Digital Video Broadcasting via Satellite (DVB-S) 170
4.8 Second Generation DVB-S (DVB-S2) 175
4.9 New Features of DVB-S2X 183
4.10 Conclusion 184
5 Uplink, Downlink, and Overall Link Performance; Intersatellite Links 189
5.1 Configuration of a Link 190
5.2 Antenna Parameters 190
5.3 Radiated Power 196
5.4 Received Signal Power 197
5.5 Noise Power Spectral Density at the Receiver Input 203
5.6 INDIVIDUAL LINK PERFORMANCE 213
5.7 Influence of the Atmosphere 219
5.8 Mitigation of Atmospheric Impairments 238
5.9 Overall Link Performance with Transparent Satellite 241
5.10 Overall Link Performance with Regenerative Satellite 252
5.11 Link Performance with Multibeam Antenna Coverage vs. Monobeam Coverage 257
5.12 Intersatellite Link Performance 265
6 Multiple Access 275
6.1 Layered Data Transmission 275
6.2 Traffic Parameters 276
6.3 TRAFFIC ROUTING 280
6.4 ACCESS TECHNIQUES 281
6.5 FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (FDMA) 284
6.6 TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (TDMA) 290
6.7 CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (CDMA) 303
6.8 FIXED AND ON-DEMAND ASSIGNMENT 314
6.9 RANDOM ACCESS 317
6.10 CONCLUSION 322
7 Satellite Networks 325
7.1 Network Reference Models and Protocols 325
7.2 Reference Architecture for Satellite Networks 329
7.3 Basic Characteristics of Satellite Networks 330
7.4 Satellite On-Board Connectivity 334
7.5 Connectivity Through Intersatellite Links (ISLs) 347
7.6 Satellite Broadcast Networks 353
7.7 Broadband Satellite Networks 356
7.8 Transmission Control Protocol 387
7.9 IPV6 OVER SATELLITE NETWORKS 393
7.10 CONCLUSION 396
8 Earth Stations 401
8.1 Station Organisation 401
8.2 Radio-Frequency Characteristics 402
8.3 The Antenna Subsystem 415
8.4 The Radio-Frequency Subsystem 450
8.5 Communication Subsystems 459
8.6 The Network Interface Subsystem 466
8.7 Monitoring and Control; Auxiliary Equipment 474
8.8 Conclusion 476
9 The Communication Payload 479
9.1 Mission and Characteristics of the Payload 479
9.2 Transparent Repeater 482
9.3 Regenerative Repeater 509
9.4 Multibeam Antenna Payload 511
9.5 Introduction to Flexible Payloads 520
9.6 Solid State Equipment Technology 522
9.7 Antenna Coverage 523
9.8 Antenna Characteristics 543
9.9 Conclusion 569
10 The Platform 573
10.1 Subsystems 575
10.2 Attitude Control 576
10.3 The Propulsion Subsystem 595
10.4 The Electric Power Supply 610
10.5 Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TTC) and On-Board Data Handling (OBDH) 629
10.6 Thermal Control and Structure 648
10.7 Developments and Trends 655
11 Satellite Installation and Launch Vehicles 659
11.1 Installation in Orbit 659
11.2 Launch Vehicles 685
12 The Space Environment 721
12.1 Vacuum 721
12.2 The Mechanical Environment 722
12.3 Radiation 726
12.4 Flux of High-Energy Particles 730
12.5 The Environment During Installation 734
13 Reliability and Availability of Satellite Communications Systems 737
13.1 Introduction to Reliability 737
13.2 Satellite System Availability 741
13.3 Subsystem Reliability 743
13.4 Component Reliability 749
References 754
Index 755
Acronyms
- 3GPP
- 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 5G
- 5th generation mobile communications
- AAL
- ATM adaptation layer
- ACI
- adjacent channel interference
- ACK
- acknowledgement
- ACM
- adaptive coding and modulation
- ACTS
- advanced communications technology satellite
- ADC
- analogue to digital converter
- ADM
- adaptive delta modulation
- ADPCM
- adaptive pulse code modulation
- ADSL
- asymmetric digital subscriber line
- AKM
- apogee kick motor
- ALC
- automatic level control
- AM
- amplitude modulation
- AMP
- amplifier
- AOCS
- attitude and orbit control system
- AOR
- Atlantic ocean region
- AOS
- advanced orbiting systems
- APD
- avalanche photodetector
- APSK
- amplitude and phase shift keying
- AR
- available retio; also: axial ratio
- ARQ
- automatic repeat request
- ARQ-GB(N)
- automatic repeat request-go back n
- ARQ-SR
- automatic repeat request-selective repeat
- ARQ-SW
- automatic repeat request-stop and wait
- ARTES
- Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASIC
- application-specific integrated circuit
- ASS
- amateur satellite service
- ATA
- auto-tracking antenna
- ATM
- asynchronous transfer mode
- AVBDC
- absolute volume-based dynamic capacity
- BAPTA
- bearing and power transfer assembly
- BAT
- bouquet association table
- BBS
- baseband switch
- BBP
- baseband processor
- BCH
- Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem
- BCR
- battery charge regulator
- BDR
- battery discharge regulator
- BEP
- bit error probability
- BER
- bit error rate
- BFN
- beam forming network
- BFSK
- binary frequency shift keying
- BGMP
- border gateway multicast protocol
- BGAN
- broadband global area network
- BGP
- border gateway protocol
- BHCA
- busy hour call attempts
- BHCR
- busy hour call rate
- BISDN
- broadband ISDN
- BIS
- broadband interactive system
- BITE
- built-in test equipment
- BOL
- beginning of life
- BPF
- band pass filter
- BPSK
- binary phase shift keying
- BSM
- broadband satellite multimedia
- BSS
- broadcasting satellite service
- BTP
- burst time plan
- C2P
- connection control protocol
- CAMP
- channel amplifier
- CAT
- conditional access table
- CBR
- constant bit rate
- CC
- command and control
- CCB
- Common Core Booster
- CCI
- co-channel interference
- CCIR
- Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications (International Radio Consultative Committee); replaced by ITU-R
- CCITT
- Comité Consultatif International Télégraphe et Téléphone (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee); replaced by ITU-T
- CCSDS
- Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
- CDMA
- code division multiple access
- CEC
- Commission of the European Communities
- CELP
- code excited linear prediction
- CENELEC
- Comité Européen pour la Normalisation en Electrotechnique (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation)
- CEPT
- Conférence Européenne des Postes et des Télécommunications (European Conference of Post and Telecommunications)
- CFM
- companded frequency modulation
- CIR
- committed information rate
- CIS
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- CLTU
- command link transmission unit
- CMOS
- complementary metal oxide semiconductor
- CNES
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (French space agency)
- COFDM
- coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- CoS
- class of service
- COTS
- commercial off the shelf
- CPS
- chemical propulsion system
- CRA
- continuous rate assignment
- CRC
- cyclic redundancy check
- CSC
- common signal channel
- CSMA
- carrier sense multiple access
- CTM
- correction message table
- CTU
- central terminal unit
- DAB
- digital audio broadcasting
- DAC
- digital to analogue converter
- DAMA
- demand assignment multiple access
- DARPA
- Defense Advanced Research Project
- dB
- decibel
- dBm
- unit for expression of power level in dB with reference to 1 mW
- dBmO
- unit for expression of power level in dBm at a point of zero relative level (a point of a telephone channel where the 800 Hz test signal has a power of 1 mW)
- DBS
- direct broadcasting satellite
- DC
- direct current
- DCE
- data circuit terminating equipment
- DCME
- digital circuit multiplication equipment
- DCS
- digital cellular system (GSM At 1800 MHz)
- DCT
- discrete cosine transform
- DCU
- distribution control unit
- DE
- differentially encoded
- DE-MPSK
- differentially encoded M-ary phase shift keying
- DES
- data encryption standard
- DM
- delta modulation
- DNS
- domain name service (host name resolution protocol)
- DOD
- depth of discharge
- DOF
- degree of freedom
- DSCP
- differentiated service code point
- DSI
- digital speech interpolation
- DSL
- digital subscriber loop
- DSM
- digital storage medium
- DSP
- digital signal processing
- DST
- destination host address
- DTE
- data terminating equipment
- DTH
- direct to home
- DTS
- decoding timestamp
- DVB
- digital video broadcasting
- DVB-S
- DVB-Satellite
- DVB-S2
- DVB-Satellite 2nd generation
- DVB-S2X
- DVB-Satellite 2nd generation extension
- DVB-RCS
- DVB-Return Channel via Satellite
- DVB-RCS2
- DVB-Return Channel via Satellite 2nd generation
- DVB-RCS2X
- DVB-Return Channel via Satellite 2nd generation extension
- EBU
- European Broadcasting Union
- ECN
- explicit congestion notification
- ECSS
- European Cooperation for Space Standardization
- EESS
- Eutelsat earth station standards
- EFS
- error-free seconds
- EIRP
- effective isotropic radiated power (W)
- EIT
- event information table
- EITA
- electron-bombardment ion thruster assembly
- ELSR
- edge label switch router
- EMC
- electromagnetic compatibility
- EMI
- electromagnetic interference
- EN
- European standard
- EOC
- edge of coverage
- EOL
- end of life
- EPC
- electric power conditioner
- EPIRB
- emergency position indicating radio beam
- ERC
- European Radiocommunications Committee
- ERO
- European Radiocommunications Office (of the ERC)
- ES
- earth station; also: ETSI specification
- ESA
- European Space Agency
- ESTEC
- European Space Research and Technology Centre
- ESS
- earth exploration satellite service
- ETR
- Eastern Test Range
- ETSI
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- EUTELSAT
- European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
- FCA
- free capacity assignment
- FCC
- Federal Communications Commission
- FCS
- frame check sequence
- FCT
- frame composition table
- FDM
- frequency division multiplex
- FDMA
- frequency division multiple access
- FEC
- forward error correction
- FES
- fixed earth station
- FET
- field effect transistor
- FETA
- field effect transistor amplifier
- FFT
- fast Fourier transform
- FIFO
- first in first out
- FLS
- forward link signalling
- FM
- frequency modulation
- FMA
- fixed-mount antenna
- FMT
- fade mitigation technique
- FODA
- FIFO ordered demand assignment
- FPGA
- field-programmable gate array
- FS
- fixed service
- FSK
- frequency shift keying
- FSS
- fixed satellite service
- FTP
- file transfer protocol
- GaAs
- gallium arsenide
- GAN
- global area network
- GBN
- go back N
- GC
- global coverage
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