HOW DO YOU CONNECT AN ORDINARY SMARTPHONE TO A SATELLITE HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES ABOVE EARTH—AND MAKE THE LINK ACTUALLY WORK?
A smartphone was never designed to communicate directly with a spacecraft travelling at orbital velocity. Yet direct-to-device satellite connectivity is turning that seemingly impossible link into a practical communications architecture.
The challenge is not simply putting a cellular radio in space. It is closing the link—despite limited handset power, small antennas, extreme Doppler, long propagation paths, fading, interference, spectrum constraints, and rapidly changing orbital geometry.
Direct-to-Device Satellite Communications Handbook takes you through the complete engineering chain, from orbit and link budget to RF payload, waveform, NTN protocols, network architecture, verification, deployment, and constellation economics.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARNOrbital mechanics, coverage geometry, slant range, elevation, and pass duration
Complete forward- and return-link budget methodology
Propagation loss, fading, shadowing, multipath, and handset body effects
Spacecraft apertures, phased arrays, beamforming, EIRP, G/T, and RF front ends
Spectrum licensing, supplemental coverage, PFD limits, and coexistence
3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network architecture and protocol adaptation
Doppler shift, Doppler rate, propagation delay, timing, and frequency compensation
Random access, mobility, handover, tracking areas, and beam management
Waveforms, coding, repetition, link adaptation, and low-SNR operation
Capacity planning, interference management, frequency reuse, and beam hopping
Gateways, feeder links, rain attenuation, site diversity, and ground infrastructure
Transparent and regenerative payload architectures
Messaging, emergency communications, narrowband voice, IoT, and store-and-forward services
Channel emulation, satellite emulation, OTA testing, and field validation
Security, authentication, privacy, GNSS dependency, spoofing, and threat modelling
Positioning, timing, ranging, and delay-tolerant networking
Maritime, aviation, vehicular, wearable, and machine-type terminals
Constellation deployment, lifetime, replenishment, reliability, and economics
Complete reference architectures, worked examples, design worksheets, and problem sets
The central engineering reality is simple: THE HANDSET IS THE CONSTRAINED ELEMENT.
Its limited transmit power, antenna gain, orientation, blockage, and operating environment place demanding requirements on the spacecraft, waveform, protocol, spectrum plan, and constellation.
This handbook develops that relationship quantitatively—showing how orbital geometry becomes a link budget, how the link budget drives payload and waveform decisions, how those decisions affect capacity and interference, and how the resulting architecture must ultimately be verified and deployed.
BUILT FOR ENGINEERSDesigned for RF, wireless, telecommunications, satellite, aerospace, 5G/6G, NTN, antenna, payload, modem, chipset, and systems engineers—as well as researchers, graduate students, network architects, satellite operators, and technical programme teams.
Prior satellite experience is helpful, but not required. A foundation in electromagnetics, digital communications, and probability is sufficient to follow the engineering chain.
DON’T JUST STUDY WHAT DIRECT-TO-DEVICE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY PROMISES.
UNDERSTAND THE ENGINEERING THAT MAKES IT WORK.
START WITH THE LINK BUDGET. BUILD THE SYSTEM FROM THERE.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. HOW DO YOU CONNECT AN ORDINARY SMARTPHONE TO A SATELLITE HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES ABOVE EARTH-AND MAKE THE LINK ACTUALLY WORK?A smartphone was never designed to communicate directly with a spacecraft travelling at orbital velocity. Yet direct-to-device satellite connectivity is turning that seemingly impossible link into a practical communications architecture.The challenge is not simply putting a cellular radio in space. It is closing the link-despite limited handset power, small antennas, extreme Doppler, long propagation paths, fading, interference, spectrum constraints, and rapidly changing orbital geometry.Direct-to-Device Satellite Communications Handbook takes you through the complete engineering chain, from orbit and link budget to RF payload, waveform, NTN protocols, network architecture, verification, deployment, and constellation economics.WHAT YOU WILL LEARNOrbital mechanics, coverage geometry, slant range, elevation, and pass durationComplete forward- and return-link budget methodologyPropagation loss, fading, shadowing, multipath, and handset body effectsSpacecraft apertures, phased arrays, beamforming, EIRP, G/T, and RF front endsSpectrum licensing, supplemental coverage, PFD limits, and coexistence3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network architecture and protocol adaptationDoppler shift, Doppler rate, propagation delay, timing, and frequency compensationRandom access, mobility, handover, tracking areas, and beam managementWaveforms, coding, repetition, link adaptation, and low-SNR operationCapacity planning, interference management, frequency reuse, and beam hoppingGateways, feeder links, rain attenuation, site diversity, and ground infrastructureTransparent and regenerative payload architecturesMessaging, emergency communications, narrowband voice, IoT, and store-and-forward servicesChannel emulation, satellite emulation, OTA testing, and field validationSecurity, authentication, privacy, GNSS dependency, spoofing, and threat modellingPositioning, timing, ranging, and delay-tolerant networkingMaritime, aviation, vehicular, wearable, and machine-type terminalsConstellation deployment, lifetime, replenishment, reliability, and economicsComplete reference architectures, worked examples, design worksheets, and problem setsFROM ORBIT TO HANDSETThe central engineering reality is simple: THE HANDSET IS THE CONSTRAINED ELEMENT.Its limited transmit power, antenna gain, orientation, blockage, and operating environment place demanding requirements on the spacecraft, waveform, protocol, spectrum plan, and constellation.This handbook develops that relationship quantitatively-showing how orbital geometry becomes a link budget, how the link budget drives payload and waveform decisions, how those decisions affect capacity and interference, and how the resulting architecture must ultimately be verified and deployed.BUILT FOR ENGINEERSDesigned for RF, wireless, telecommunications, satellite, aerospace, 5G/6G, NTN, antenna, payload, modem, chipset, and systems engineers-as well as researchers, graduate students, network architects, satellite operators, and technical programme teams.Prior satellite experience is helpful, but not required. A foundation in electromagnetics, digital communications, and probability is sufficient to follow the engineering chain.DON'T JUST STUDY WHAT DIRECT-TO-DEVICE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY PROMISES.UNDERSTAND THE ENGINEERING THAT MAKES IT WORK.S Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9798171711634
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. HOW DO YOU CONNECT AN ORDINARY SMARTPHONE TO A SATELLITE HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES ABOVE EARTH-AND MAKE THE LINK ACTUALLY WORK?A smartphone was never designed to communicate directly with a spacecraft travelling at orbital velocity. Yet direct-to-device satellite connectivity is turning that seemingly impossible link into a practical communications architecture.The challenge is not simply putting a cellular radio in space. It is closing the link-despite limited handset power, small antennas, extreme Doppler, long propagation paths, fading, interference, spectrum constraints, and rapidly changing orbital geometry.Direct-to-Device Satellite Communications Handbook takes you through the complete engineering chain, from orbit and link budget to RF payload, waveform, NTN protocols, network architecture, verification, deployment, and constellation economics.WHAT YOU WILL LEARNOrbital mechanics, coverage geometry, slant range, elevation, and pass durationComplete forward- and return-link budget methodologyPropagation loss, fading, shadowing, multipath, and handset body effectsSpacecraft apertures, phased arrays, beamforming, EIRP, G/T, and RF front endsSpectrum licensing, supplemental coverage, PFD limits, and coexistence3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network architecture and protocol adaptationDoppler shift, Doppler rate, propagation delay, timing, and frequency compensationRandom access, mobility, handover, tracking areas, and beam managementWaveforms, coding, repetition, link adaptation, and low-SNR operationCapacity planning, interference management, frequency reuse, and beam hoppingGateways, feeder links, rain attenuation, site diversity, and ground infrastructureTransparent and regenerative payload architecturesMessaging, emergency communications, narrowband voice, IoT, and store-and-forward servicesChannel emulation, satellite emulation, OTA testing, and field validationSecurity, authentication, privacy, GNSS dependency, spoofing, and threat modellingPositioning, timing, ranging, and delay-tolerant networkingMaritime, aviation, vehicular, wearable, and machine-type terminalsConstellation deployment, lifetime, replenishment, reliability, and economicsComplete reference architectures, worked examples, design worksheets, and problem setsFROM ORBIT TO HANDSETThe central engineering reality is simple: THE HANDSET IS THE CONSTRAINED ELEMENT.Its limited transmit power, antenna gain, orientation, blockage, and operating environment place demanding requirements on the spacecraft, waveform, protocol, spectrum plan, and constellation.This handbook develops that relationship quantitatively-showing how orbital geometry becomes a link budget, how the link budget drives payload and waveform decisions, how those decisions affect capacity and interference, and how the resulting architecture must ultimately be verified and deployed.BUILT FOR ENGINEERSDesigned for RF, wireless, telecommunications, satellite, aerospace, 5G/6G, NTN, antenna, payload, modem, chipset, and systems engineers-as well as researchers, graduate students, network architects, satellite operators, and technical programme teams.Prior satellite experience is helpful, but not required. A foundation in electromagnetics, digital communications, and probability is sufficient to follow the engineering chain.DON'T JUST STUDY WHAT DIRECT-TO-DEVICE SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY PROMISES.UNDERSTAND THE ENGINEERING THAT MAKES IT WORK.</ Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9798171711634
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