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3Earth StationsIn Chap. 2 we discuss the basic structure <strong>of</strong> a satellite system. We nowconsider a vital part <strong>of</strong> the overall satellite system: earth stations. An earthstation is a collection <strong>of</strong> equipment for communicating with the satellite,regardless <strong>of</strong> whether it is fixed, mobile, aeronautical, or marine terminals. Anearth station provides a means <strong>of</strong> transmitting the modulated RF carrier to thesatellite within the uplink frequency spectrum <strong>and</strong> receiving the RF carrierfrom the satellite with the downlink frequency spectrum. It is the vital linkbetween satellites <strong>and</strong> communications users.This chapter considers a basic arrangement <strong>of</strong> an earth station, thetechnical <strong>and</strong> operational requirements, the different types <strong>of</strong> earth stationsused for day-to-day communications, the switching technique employed, thesystem capacity requirements, <strong>and</strong> the interface with terrestrial equipment <strong>and</strong>users.Copyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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