Radiowave propagation in satellite communications
Abstract
The physics of radio-wave propagation in the atmosphere and its implications for the design of satellite communication systems are examined in an introduction intended for graduate or advanced undergraduate engineering students. Chapters are devoted to fundamental principles; attenuation by atmospheric gases; hydrometeor attenuation on satellite paths; rain-attenuation prediction methods; depolarization on satellite paths; radio noise in satellite communications; scintillation, bandwidth coherence, and other propagation factors; propagation effects on satellite-link performance; and restoration techniques for overcoming severe attenuation. Graphs, diagrams, tables of numerical data, and examples showing the application of specific computation techniques are provided.
- Publication:
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New York
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986vnr..book.....I
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Microwave Transmission;
- Radio Communication;
- Satellite Communication;
- Wave Propagation;
- Depolarization;
- Frequency Assignment;
- Rain;
- Signal Processing;
- Spacecraft Antennas;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking