Space-based broadcasting : the future of worldwide audio broadcasting : a working paper / by Thomas F. Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Thomas F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial satellites in telecommunication.

International broadcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Space-Based Broadcasting""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SECTION 1 GENERAL SERVICE AND SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS ""; ""SERVICE REQUIREMENTS""; ""ENGINEERING-OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS""; ""SECTION 2 SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF A UHF DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE ""; ""SPACE REPEATER SEGMENT""; ""SURFACE FEEDER SEGMENT""; ""SURFACE RECEIVER SEGMENT""; ""SECTION 3 THE SPACE SEGMENT (TRANSMITTER) -SURFACE SEGMENT (RECEIVER) POWER BUDGET FOR A UHF DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE ""; ""INDIVIDUAL CIRCUIT RELIABILITY""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURES""

""THE INFLUENCE OF FOLIAGE""""THE INFLUENCE OF TROPOSPHERIC RAINFALL""; ""ATTENUATION CAUSED BY THE TOTAL OF BUILDING STRUCTURES PLUS FOLIAGE""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF ROUGH TERRAIN""; ""SCINTILLATION FADING OF SIGNALS""; ""FREQUENCY SELECTIVE FADING""; ""OTHER CONSIDERATIONS""; ""CIRCUIT QUALITY""; ""SPACE SEGMENT POWER REQUIREMENTS""; ""SECTION 4 THE ACQUISITION COST OF A UHF DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE ""; ""THE SURFACE SEGMENT""; ""THE SPACE SEGMENT""; ""SECTION 5 THE UHF SPACE SEGMENT AND SURFACE FEEDER OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ""

""SECTION 6 THE SPACE SEGMENT (TRANSMITTER) -SURFACE SEGMENT (RECEIVER) POWER BUDGET FOR AN HF DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE""""BASELINE SERVICE""; ""STANDARD SERVICE""; ""SUPERIOR SERVICE""; ""SECTION 7 THE ACQUISITION COST OF AN HF DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE ""; ""SECTION 8 PAYING FOR A DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE ""; ""SECTION 9 IMPLICATIONS OF A DBS-A SYSTEM-SERVICE FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY-VOICE OF�""; ""POLITICAL""; ""POLITICAL/CULTURAL""; ""OPERATIONAL""; ""FINANCIAL""; ""ECONOMIC""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""POSTSCRIPT""; ""PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY""

Notes:

"Submitted to the Technical Operations Study Committee for the Voice of America, Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council."