Gigahertz and Terahertz Tech Broadband Communications

Making extensive use of photographs of actual systems, graphs depicting market developments and diagrams of 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 -- a straegist, manager, 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.

Table of contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: A Communications Revolution

Chapter 2: The Hunger for Bandwidth

Chapter 3: Broadband Cabled Networks

Chapter 4: Defense Systems

Chapter 5: Digital Television

Chapter 6: CATV and SMATV Feeds

Chapter 7: Teleports

Chapter 8: Terrestrial and Stratospheric Broadband Wireless

Chapter 9: Broadband Mobile Satellite Systems

Chapter 10: High-Speed Digital Epilogue

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

About the Author

Index