Satellite Communications, Fourth Edition (Professional Engineering)

Written by engineers, for engineers. Very dry and difficult to understand for a non-engineer taking a Masters class in satellite communications.

Great book. Gave a very good introduction to SATCOM.

Great reference text for new students on the topic.

This was a good book that lays comm out perfectly. They do spend some extra time on orbital mechanics initially, which seems out of place, but it doesn't detract from the book.

This is a good book. It served me well in the class and as a reference afterwards. Remember Shannon Capacity

For the undergraduate or graduate student in engineering, this is a very understandable text on the basic principles of using satellites to communicate. Many topics in the field are covered. Like a comprehensive listing of existing geostationary satellites, and their orbital assignments.For those of you who need a revision of Keplerian mechanics, Roddy supplies Chapter 2. Or if you need a quick cram on the propagation of radio waves, there is Chapter 4. And there is the all-important subject of antenna design. Whether this be for an antenna on the satellite or here on Earth.Given that communications are of interest, various analog and digital encoding schemes are bruited. By now very well understood. Which leads into a discussion of signal and noise interference on a channel.For all of the topics, like antenna design, or communications theory, there are certainly more indepth books. But the breadth here is a key utility of this book.

I expected the 2006 fourth edition to be more up to date with today's IP satellite technology. While the networking chapter discusses IP, it is in the contex of ATM and TDM technology with little or no information on current IP topologies and satellite Internet IP services like Hughes and BGAN among others. Additionally, there is no mention of current DVB-S or S2 technology which is widely deployed today. Roddy fails to make note of the broadcasting migration to IP with most of the broadcasting information somewhat dated.

Excellent