Global Aeronautical Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) Vol. 1 - Theory (AIAA Education Series)

Global Aeronautical Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS): Volume 1 - Theory introduces the basic theoretical principles of communications, space technology, and antenna technology and their use in air traffic control (ATC) and air traffic management (ATM) systems. Topics Discussed * Development of airborne radio and satellite CNS and how they improve determination, safety, security, and distress alerting as well as enabling more cost-effective flight and ground infrastructures * Fundamentals of space platforms and orbital parameters, laws of satellite motion, new types of launching systems, satellite orbits and geometric relations, spacecraft configuration, payload structure, and satellite link design * Transmission systems, including discussion of modulation, demodulation, coding, error correction, multiple access, and mobile Internet * Airborne antenna systems * Propagation effects important for aeronautical requirements Special Features * A look into the past, present, and future of radio and satellite technologies * Theoretical guidelines, ready-to-use references, and performance evaluations