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.
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.
