Satellite Communication Engineering, 2nd Edition

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Author

1  Basic Principles of Satellite Communications

1.1    The Origin of Satellites

1.2    Communications via Satellite

1.3    Characteristic Features of Communication Satellites

1.4    Message Security

1.4.1    Basic Cryptographic Functions

1.4.2    Ciphering in Satellite Communication Systems

1.4.3    Ciphering Techniques

1.4.3.1    Block Ciphering

1.4.3.2    Feedback Ciphering

1.5    Summary

Problems

References

2  Satellites

2.1    Overview

2.1.1    Type of Satellites

2.2    Satellite Orbits and Orbital Errors

2.2.1    Orbital Errors

2.3    Coverage Area and Satellite Networks

2.3.1    Geometric Coverage Area

2.3.2    Satellite Constellation

2.3.3    Multibeam Satellite Network

2.4    Geometric Distances ...