Satellite communications payload and system /

• Main Author: Braun, T. M., 1949-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2012]
• Subjects: Artificial satellites in telecommunication.; Artificial satellites > Electronic equipment.; Artificial satellites > Radio antennas.; High altitude platform systems (Telecommunication); Digital communications.; SCIENCE > Waves & Wave Mechanics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mobile & Wireless Communications.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Radio.; Artificial satellites / Electronic equipment.; Artificial satellites / Radio antennas.; Electronic books.

"This book is a unique combination of practical payload systems engineering and communications theory and applications. Payload systems engineering itself is a complex endeavor that people only learn on the job over many years' time, and this book hopes to ease their learning path. There a...

Table of Contents:

• Payload's On-Orbit Environment
• Antenna
• Filter and Payload-Integration Elements
• Low-Noise Amplifier and Frequency Converter
• Preamplifier and High-Power Amplifier
• Payload's Communications Parameters
• More Analyses for Payload Development
• Processing Payload
• Principles of Digital Communications Theory
• Communications Link
• Probabilistic Treatment of Multibeam Downlinks.