Mobile Satellite Communications

• Author(s): Shingo Ohmori, Hiromitsu Wakana, Seiichirō Kawase,
• Publisher: Artech House
• Pages: 466
• ISBN_10: 0890068437
  ISBN_13: 9780890068434
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology / Engineering / Electrical , Technology & Engineering / Radio , Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications , Technology & Engineering / Mobile & Wireless Communications ,

Description:... The advanced systems that allow callers to make successful satellite links from moving vehicles on the ground, sea or in the air are examined in this monograph. It discusses the satellite position determination principles and provides procedures for making orbit calculations. Vehicle antennas, their requirements, gain, beam width, phased arrays and satellite tracking are also explored. Signal propagation problems and counter methods are discussed in detail in marine, aeronautical and land envirionments.