Description: 1 Intro to Satellite Communications.- 1.1 A Technology under Siege.- 1.2 Satellite Communications Systems.- 1.3 Satellite Link Design.- 1.4 Problems.- References.- 2 Propagation.- 2.1 Fixed Satellite Services.- 2.2 Propagation to Mobile Receivers.- 2.3 Land Mobile Satellite Propagation.- 2.4 Maritime Mobile Channel.- 2.5 Aeronautical Mobile Channels.- 2.6 Problems.- References.- 3 Mobile Satellite System Design.- 3.1 Mobile Satellite Services.- 3.2 Mobile Satellite System Parameters.- 3.3 System Design Objectives.- 3.4 Network Availability.- 3.5 Network Capacity.- 3.6 Mobile Terminal Price.- 3.7 Problems.- References.- 4 Traffic Capacity and Access Control.- 4.1 Service Characteristics.- 4.2 Multiple Access Schemes.- 4.3 MSAT System Access Protocols.- 4.4 Summary.- 4.5 Problems.- References.- 5 Digital Modem Design.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Filtering.- 5.3 Low-IF Signal Interfaces.- 5.4 Low Speed Modem Architectures.- 5.5 Coherent Demodulation Methods.- 5.6 Symbol Timing Recovery.- 5.7 Problems.- References.- 6 Speech Codec Systems.- 6.1 Speech Coding Principles.- 6.2 Parametric Speech Coding Algorithms.- 6.3 Speech Codec Evaluation.- 6.4 Quantizer Design.- 6.5 Codecs for Mobile Satellite Communications.- 6.6 Problems.- References.- 7 Error Control Coding.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Block Codes.- 7.3 Cyclic Block Codes.- 7.4 Convolutional Codes.- 7.5 Trellis Codes.- 7.6 Problems.- References.- 8 Signalling Systems.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Signalling Subsystem Configuration.- 8.3 Effect of Fading.- 8.4 Effect of Traffic Load.- 8.5 End-to-End Establishment.- 8.6 Problems.- 9 Satellites in Non-Geostationary Orbits.- 9.1 Why Non-Geostationary Orbits.- 9.2 Satellite Orbital Analysis.- 9.3 LEO Communication Satellites.- 9.4 The Space Segment.- 9.5 The Ground Segment.- 9.6 Link Analysis.- 9.7 Network Concepts.- 9.8 Non-GEO System Design.- 9.9 Third Generation Networks.- 9.10 Problems.- References.

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