Communications Systems Engineers' Choices

This is a complete revision of the second edition of Communications Services via Satellites. It brings the material covered right up to date, including much more information on coding and modulation systems such as MOBIC, digital SNG systems, mobile phones, MPEG, MPEG4 capabilities and Hypermedia, the Grand Alliance TV systems, MUSE and how it is used in Japan, the European and North American Digital Video Broadcasting Systems, MMDS and Digital Audio Broadcasting.

Communications Systems explores the rapid convergence that is occurring between satellite and terrestrial services. It provides a solid base of principles, including mathematics where necessary, to explain the developments which have taken place within these industries.

This is an invaluable source of reference for all system design engineers involved in the commissioning, design and installation of communications technologies, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate engineers and technicians.

Audience: Design, installation and service engineers. Undergraduates on communications technology courses.

Geoff Lewis has spent many years in most branches of engineering including: motor vehicles, aeronautical, communication, telecommunication, production - as an engineer, teacher, lecturer, technical author. Geoff has a keen interest in environmental engineering including hydropower generated inventions. He has written on most of the above subjects, including 10 books, many journal articles and given public lectures. Geoff has long appreciated that knowledge is never wasted and that learning is a life long adventure. He has been told on many occasions that he has the ability to express complex concepts in a fairly easily understandable manner - at least this attribute is at the back of his mind when writing.