This new book is the first to deliver a comprehensive yet concise critical appraisal of broadband systems for high-speed Internet systems. It gives you a demystifying overview of existing and future mobile and fixed systems that use gigahertz or terahertz frequencies, and serves as a handy reference for information on most high-speed Internet systems that are currently in use or will come into use before 2015. Making extensive use of photographs of actual systems, diagrams, and graphs depicting market developments and important system characteristics, Gigahertz and Terahertz Technologies for Broadband Communications supplies real-world information provided by commercial sources that helps you understand the realm of broadband carriers and their technologies. Plus, it explains how these technologies interact using digital signaling in gigahertz and terahertz frequencies. If you're a communications professional or engineer, this book is a one-stop resource for understanding current, emerging and future broadband communications systems, how they work and what they can do for you, as well as the industry 's major players and their products.
A Communications Revolution. The Hunger for Bandwidth. Broadband Cabled Networks. Defense Systems. Digital Television. CATV and SMATV Feeds. Teleports. Terrestrial and Stratospheric Broadband Wireless. Broadband Mobile Satellite Systems. High Speed Digital Epilogue.