Satellite Communications, Fifth Edition: Edition 5

Dennis Roddy · Jones Linwood · David G. Long

2024年2月 · McGraw Hill Professional

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An updated, accessible guide to satellite communications fundamentals and new developments

This thoroughly revised classic guide to satellite communications provides in-depth, textbook style coverage combined with an intuitive, low-math approach. The book covers the latest breakthroughs in global wireless applications, digital television, and Internet access via satellite. Filled with worked-out examples and more than 200 illustrations, the new edition offers a clear, state-of-the-art presentation of all satellite communications topics.

Written by two experienced electrical engineering professors, Satellite Communications, Fifth Edition fully aligns with the objectives of undergraduate and graduate courses in RF/Microwave communications, with training for the needs of the aerospace industry and federal government agencies in mind. Readers will explore orbits and launching methods, satellite and ground SATCOM systems, radio wave propagation, antennas, analog and digital signals, link analysis, and error control coding.

Expanded to emphasize calculations of signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the importance of SNR calculation losses
Ancillary suite includes homework problems with solutions manual, PowerPoint slides, and a series of video lectures
Written by three scholars, each with over 40 years of experience

An updated, accessible guide to satellite communications fundamentals and new developments This thoroughly revised classic guide to satellite communications provides in-depth, textbook style coverage combined with an intuitive, low-math approach. The book covers the latest breakthroughs in globa...

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Dennis Roddy (deceased) was professor emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and had more than 40 years of experience in both industrial and technical education. He was the author of Radio and Line Transmission, Volumes 1 and 2; Introduction to Microelectronics; and Microwave Technology; and the co-author of Electronic Communications and Electronics.

W. Linwood Jones, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He is the director of the Central Florida Remote Sensing Laboratory. He has over 40 years of experience in satellite communications and microwave remote sensing with over 30 years of teaching engineering. Dr. Jones is a life fellow of the IEEE and has received several outstanding educator awards.

David G. Long, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. He is the director of BYU’s Center for Remote Sensing and head of the Microwave Earth Remote Sensing laboratory. He has 40 years of experience in research in microwave remote sensing with over 30 years of teaching engineering. Dr. Long is fellow of IEEE and a co-author of Microwave Radar and Radiometric Sensing.

Dennis Roddy (deceased) was professor emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and had more than 40 years of experience in both industrial and technical education. He was the author of Radio and Line Transmission, Volumes 1 and 2; Introduction to ...