Satellite Communication Engineering

This rich guide to satellite communication engineering includes recent developments enabling digital information transmission and delivery via satellite. This book takes a thorough approach to ramping up the reader in the topical foundations. Throughout, concepts are developed on an intuitive, physical basis, with further derivations provided using applications and performance curves. Now thoroughly updated, this edition covers satellite and Earth station design, antenna tracking, links and communications systems, error detection and correction and regulations and procedures for system modeling, integration, testing and evaluation.

Author: Michael Olorunfunmi Kolawole
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 04/06/2017
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781138075351

About the Author

Dr. Michael O. Kolawole received a B.Eng. (1986) degree from Victoria University, Melbourne, and Ph.D. (2000) degree from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, both in electrical engineering. He also received an M.S. (1989) degree from the University of Adelaide in environmental studies. He is the director of Jolade Consulting Company, Melbourne; a chartered professional engineer in Australia; a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, and is a Visiting Professor to the Federal University of Technology, Akure. He has published more than 50 papers in refereed journals and 25 industry-based technical reports covering design, performance evaluation, and developmental algorithms.