Renewed interest in laser communication systems has sparked development of useful new analytic models. This book discusses optical scintillation and its impact on system performance in free-space optical communication and laser radar applications, with a detailed look at propaga…
This Tutorial Text provides an overview of design principles for receivers used in optical communication systems, intended for practicing engineers. The author reviews technologies used to construct optical links and illustrates the flow of system performance specifications into…
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This book has 40 chapters and is divided into 10 sections. The first section which is about Multi-beam Satellite Systems deals with; Symbol vs block level precoding in multi-beam satellite systems; Hardware Demonstration of Precoded Communications in Multi-Beam UHTS; On the capa…
"Presents the basis for the design of analog links. Following an introductory chapter, there is a chapter devoted to the development of the small signal models for common electro-optical components used in both direct and external modulation. However, this is not a device book, …
"Free Space Optical Network is a next generation communication network which uses optical waves instead of microwaves, potentially offering faster communication with ultra band width, meaning more complex communication services can be simultaneously offered. This book describes …
The book is divided into eight chapters: radiowave Earth-space communications; ionospheric effects; clear-air effects; attenuation effects; depolarization effects; mobile satellite service propagation effects; optical communications propagation effects; and restoration of perfor…
Bates believes that with each new technology or protocol there are three questions to be asked: What is it? What is it going to do for me? How much is it going to cost me? This market-driven approach provides a succinct analysis of systems and options without the technical gore.
