satellite communiation

Table of Contents
Introduction
Basic Elements
Various Uses of Satellite Communications
Traditional Telecommunications
Cellular
Television Signals
C-Band
Digital
Marine Communications
Spacebourne Land Mobile
Satellite Messaging for Commercial Jets
Global Positioning Services
Technological Overview
Error Correction
Forward-error-correction
Automatic-repeat-request
Stop and Wait
Go-back-N t
Selective-repeat
Hybrid Networks
ATM over Satellite
SATIN
VSAT Networks
Orbits
GEO
LEO
Constellations
Global Voice Communications
Global Broadband Networks
References
Web Sites
Books and Papers


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Introduction
In 1962, the American telecommunications giant AT&T launched the world's first true communications satellite, called Telstar. Since then, countless communications satellites have been placed into earth orbit, and the technology being applied to them...