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Satellite Broadcast Systems Engineering

Satellite Broadcast Systems Engineering

By (author): Jorge Matos Gomez
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 255
ISBN: 9781580533133

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Focusing on the analysis and design of satellite broadcast systems, this practical book gives you an integral understanding of the essential engineering aspects of these systems, and provides insight into the calculations of modern digital broadcasting by satellite. The book helps you master the basic technological principles of satellite broadcast systems, giving you the knowledge you need to efficiently design systems for top performance. The book summarizes and integrates many areas of satellite broadcast systems, including communications satellites, link budget analysis, transponder access, modulation, coding, antennas, and radio propagation. This unique resource includes over 345 equations and contains numerous problem sets, along with their solutions, that offer practical guidance for your work in system design and operations.
Introduction to Satellite Broadcasting Systems -Introduction. Architecture of Satellite Broadcasting Systems. Radioelectrical Regions. Basic satellite services. Satellite Frequency Bands. Satellite Operators. Direct Broadcast Satellite Services. Concluding Remarks. Satellite Platforms for Broadcast Applications - Advantages of Geostationary Satellites. Geostationary Orbit. Architecture of Geostationary Satellites. Main Technical Characteristics of Communication Satellites.; Satellite TV Links Analysis - Radio Transmission Equation Overview. Satellite Link Geometry. Overall RF Satellite Performance. Uplink Budget Analysis. Downlink Budget Analysis. Downlink Performance Analysis: C-Band vs. Ku-Band Radio Propagation Impairments in Satellite TV Links. Application to Satellite TV design: Downlink Margin Equation.; Transmission Techniques and Standards for Satellite TV Signals - Analog Transmission Techniques. Digital Transmission Techniques. MPEG-2 Overview. The Digital TV Transmission Problem. DVB-S Standard (ETS 300 421 Transmission System).North American Standards. Transponder Access. Conditional Access. Digital SMATV Systems. Further Development in Transmission Techniques.; Satellite Reception System: Architecture, Technology and Performance - Receiver System Architecture. Antennas. Low Noise Block (LNB).Integrated Receiver and Decoder (IRD). Coaxial. Performance. DVB-S for Wireless Internet Access.; Satellite DAB Systems -Introduction. Satellite Downlink Performance for Mobile Land Receivers using Geostationary Satellites. Radiopropagation Characteristics in L-Band Satellite Downlink for Land Mobile Receivers. Transmission Techniques in Satellite DAB Systems. Satellite DAB Projects. References.; Appendixes. About the Author.;
  • Jorge Matos Gomez Jorge Matos Gomez is head of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication in Facultad de Ing. Electrica at Universidad Central de Las Villas (UCLV), Cuba, where he earned both an Engineering degree and Ph.D. in Telecommunications.
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