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Communications satellite systems

Title
  1. Communications satellite systems / James Martin.
Published by
  1. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1978.
Author
  1. Martin, James, 1933-2013.

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Description
  1. xv, 398 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Monograph on communications satellites and their future potential - discusses the outer space segment (incl. Satellite links and construction, orbit and inclination, transmission losses, etc.), and the ground segment (incl. Multiplexing, modulation, data transmission, packet radio terminals, data protection, trade-offs in systems design, interactive computing, etc.). Diagrams, graphs and illustrations.
Series statement
  1. Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation
Uniform title
  1. Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation
Subject
  1. Artificial satellites in telecommunication
  2. communications satellites
  3. Artificial satellites in telecommunication
  4. Kommunikationssatellit
  5. Nachrichtenübertragungstechnik
  6. Satellit
  7. Satellitenfunk
  8. communications satellite
  9. future
  10. outer space
  11. radio
  12. data protection
  13. systems design
  14. COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
  15. satellite de communication
  16. futur
  17. espace extraterrestre
  18. protection des données
  19. conception de systèmes
  20. satélite de comunicaciones
  21. futuro
  22. espacio extraterrestre
  23. protección de los datos
  24. diseño de sistemas
Genre/Form
  1. graph.
  2. illustration.
  3. graphique.
  4. gráfico.
  5. ilustración.
Contents
  1. pt. I. The space segment. The promise of space ; Satellite links ; Orbits and inclination ; Satellite construction ; The environment of space ; Transmission losses ; Noise ; Frequencies ; Trade-offs in satellite design -- pt. II. The ground segment. Multiplexing ; Modulation ; PCM and delta modulation ; Uses of digital channels ; Multiple access and demand assignment ; Frequency-division multiple access ; Time-division multiple access ; Errors in transmission ; Uses of satellite circuits for data transmission ; Uses of satellite for interactive computing ; ALOHA channels ; Packet radio terminals ; Burst reservation systems ; Availability ; Privacy and security ; Trade-offs in systems design.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographies and index.