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information channel, which carries the signals in a format in which they aredelivered to the end users.To broadcast video, data, <strong>and</strong>=or audio signals over a wide area to manyusers, a single transmission to the satellite is repeated <strong>and</strong> received by multiplereceivers. While this might be a common application <strong>of</strong> satellites, there areothers which may attempt to exploit the unique capacity <strong>of</strong> a satellite mediumto create an instant network <strong>and</strong> connectivity between any points within itsview. To exploit this geometric advantage, it is necessary to create a system <strong>of</strong>multiple accesses in which many transmitters can use the same satellitetransponder simultaneously. Chapter 5 discusses the sharing techniquescalled multiple access. Sharing can be in many formats, such as sharing thetransponder b<strong>and</strong>width in separate frequency slots (FDMA), sharing thetransponder availability in time slots (TDMA), or allowing coded signals tooverlap in time <strong>and</strong> frequency (CDMA). The relative performance <strong>of</strong> thesesharing techniques is discussed.Chapter 6 explores the use <strong>of</strong> error-correcting codes in a noisy communicationenvironment, <strong>and</strong> how transmission error can be detected <strong>and</strong>correction effected using the forward error correction (FEC) methods,namely, the linear block <strong>and</strong> convolutional coding techniques. Examples aresparingly used as illustrative tools to explain the FEC techniques.The regulation that covers satellite networks occurs on three levels:international, regional, <strong>and</strong> national. Chapter 7 discusses the interactionamong these three regulatory levels.Customer’s dem<strong>and</strong>s for personalized services <strong>and</strong> mobility, as well asprovision <strong>of</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ardized system solutions, have caused the proliferation <strong>of</strong>telecommunications systems. Chapter 8 examines basic mobile-satellitesystemservices <strong>and</strong> their interaction with l<strong>and</strong>-based backbone networks—inparticular the integrated service digital network (ISDN). Since the servicescovered by ISDN should also, in principle, be provided by digital satellitenetwork, it is necessary to discuss in some detail the basic architecture <strong>of</strong>ISDN as well as its principal functional groups in terms <strong>of</strong> referenceconfigurations, applications, <strong>and</strong> protocols. Chapter 8 concludes by brieflylooking at cellular mobile system, including cell assignment <strong>and</strong> internetworkingprinciples, as well as technological obstacles to providing efficient Internetaccess over satellite links.The inspiration for writing Satellite Communication <strong>Engineering</strong> comespartly from my students who have wanted me to share the wealth <strong>of</strong> myexperience acquired over the years <strong>and</strong> to ease their burden in underst<strong>and</strong>ingthe fundamental principles <strong>of</strong> satellite communications. A very special thanksgo to my darling wife, Dr. Marjorie Helen Kolawole, who actively reminds meCopyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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