Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Global Mobile Satellite Systems.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Generations of GMSS.- 1.3 GMSS Categories.- 1.4 GMSS Infrastructure.- 1.5 Book Organization.- 1.6 The Challenge.- References.- 2 GMSS Architectural Comparisons.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Architectural Design Process.- 2.3 Gmss Architectural Steps.- 2.4 Summary.- References.- 3 Market Demand Considerations.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Historical Market Demand for Various Services and Consumer Products.- 3.3 Global Mobile Satellite Systems.- 3.4 Comments.- References.- 4 Regulatory and Spectrum Considerations.- 4.1 Satellite Frequency Allocations.- 4.2 Regulatory Considerations.- 4.3 Mobile Satellite Service Regulation.- 4.4 Summary.- Acknowledgement.- References.- 5 Orbital Trades.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Arguments For Non-Gso Orbits.- 5.3 Constellation Design.- 5.4 Comparison of Orbits.- 5.5 Trends in Orbits.- References.- 6 Propagation Considerations.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Satellite Geometry and Received Signal Components.- 6.3 Probability Distributions for Fading Models.- 6.4 Channel Dynamics.- 6.5 The Probability Distribution Based Land Mobile Satellite Channel Model.- 6.6 Summary.- References.- 7 Payload Trades, Antennas and Communications.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Basic Features of a Payload.- 7.3 Antennas.- 7.4 Link Budgets.- 7.5 Polarization and Frequency Reuse.- 7.6 Access Techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA.- 7.7 Coding: Trading Bandwidth for Power.- 7.8 Space High Power Amplifiers.- 7.9 Transparent vs. Regenerative Payloads.- 7.10 Inter-Satellite Links.- 7.11 The Satellite Bus.- 7.12 Space Segments Technology Trends.- References.- 8 GMSS Summary.- 8.1 Achievements.- 8.2 Architectural Approach.- 8.3 Eventual Success.- 8.4 The Future of GMSS.- 8.5 The Customer.

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