TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cochetti,Roger
TI  - Mobile Satellite Communications Handbook
SN  - 9781118907412
AV  - TK5104 -- .C57 2015eb 
U1  - 384.51 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Newark
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
KW  - Mobile communication systems -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Biography -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Satellite Communications -- 1.1 A Brief History of Satellite Communications -- 1.2 Current Major Communications Satellite Systems -- Chapter 2: Overview of the Technology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Radio Frequencies -- 2.3 Orbits -- 2.4 Satellites and Earth Stations -- 2.5 Channels, Link Analysis, and Networks -- Chapter 3: Early Proposals for Mobile Satellite Communications -- 3.1 Military Interest in Mobile Satellite Communications -- 3.2 NASA Efforts -- 3.3 Aerosat -- 3.4 Maresat -- Chapter 4: MARISAT and MARECS: Pioneering Commercial Mobile Satellite Services -- 4.1 MARISAT -- 4.2 MARECS -- Chapter 5: Introduction to INMARSAT -- 5.1 Origins of the INMARSAT Organization -- 5.2 US Participation in the INMARSAT Organization -- 5.3 Structure of the INMARSAT Organization -- 5.4 Ownership of the INMARSAT Organization -- 5.5 Land Earth Stations (LESs) in INMARSAT -- 5.6 Mobile Terminals in INMARSAT -- 5.7 INMARSAT System Services -- 5.8 Transformation of the INMARSAT Organization -- 5.9 ICO Global Communications -- Chapter 6: INMARSAT plc -- 6.1 Introduction to INMARSAT plc -- 6.2 INMARSAT's Satellites -- 6.3 INMARSAT's Services -- Chapter 7: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Mobile Satellite Communications Systems -- 7.1 Methodology -- 7.2 Iridium -- 7.3 Globalstar -- 7.4 ORBCOMM -- Chapter 8: Non-Inmarsat Geostationary Mobile Satellite Communications Systems -- 8.1 OmniTRACS -- 8.2 Thuraya -- 8.3 Mobile Satellite Communications Services from Intelsat -- Chapter 9: Other Important Mobile Satellite Communications Systems -- 9.1 O3b -- 9.2 SES -- 9.3 LightSquared -- 9.4 TerreStar -- 9.5 Asia Cellular Satellite (ACS) -- 9.6 Mexsat -- 9.7 Google -- Chapter 10: Military Mobile Satellite Communications Systems -- 10.1 1980-1990 History; 10.2 US Military Mobile Satellite Communications Post 9/11 -- Appendix I: US Communications Satellite Timeline 1940s Through 1990s -- I.1 Timeline of Selected Events in the Development of Satellite Communications -- Appendix II: Background Statements by the International Telecommunications Union on Mobile Satellite Communications Frequency Assignments 1996, 1997, and 2000 -- 1996 -- 1997 -- 2000 -- Conclusion -- Appendix III: Public Services Agreement Between the International Mobile Satellite Organization and INMARSAT -- Appendix IV: Mobile Satellite Communications Excerpts From U.S. Federal Communications Commission Report on U.S. Commercial Mobile Services -- Index -- End User License Agreement
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