Название: 5G and Satellite RF and Optical Integration
Автор: Geoff Varrall
Издательство: Artech House
Год: 2023
Страниц: 287
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 110.8 MB

This unique book brings together RF Engineering and Optical Integration in terrestrial fixed and mobile networks, space networks and sub orbital communication systems (Low Altitude Platforms and High-Altitude Platforms). It is written specifically to help optical engineers to understand RF engineering and RF engineers needing to understand the optical technologies used in fixed and mobile networks, including local and long-distance fiber, free space terrestrial optical point to links, earth to space and space to earth links and inter satellite and inter-constellation cross connect. The book shows you how to mix and match RF and optical efficiently and explains how to repurpose terrestrial RF and terrestrial optical for space deployment. You’ll learn how to decide whether to use an RF or optical link; how to calculate an RF and optical link budget; how to interface an optical signal to an RF bearer – and vice versa; how to multiplex RF and optical signals in guided and unguided media; and much more. This is a must-have book for practicing RF engineers, optical engineers, and planners of satcom and terrestrial networks, supply chain partners to 5G/satellite RF/optical integrations needing understanding of problems and solutions.

This book, 5G and Satellite RF and Optical Integration, was written while preparations were ongoing for the 2023 World Radio Conference and coincided with Release 17 of the 3GPP standard and the finalization of the work items for Release 18, including what is now known as 5G Advanced. The Release 17 standard advanced earlier study and work items on the integration of new radio (NR) with nonterrestrial networks (NTNs), defined as low-Earth-orbit (LEO), medium-Earth-orbit (MEO), and geostationary (GSO) satellites and high-altitude platforms (HAPS). A parallel workstream addressed nonterrestrial Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. In addition, NR introduced a new set of band numbers divided into frequency range 1 (FR1) from 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz and frequency range 2 (FR2) from 24.25 to 52.6 GHz, subsequently extended to 71 GHz.

The rest of the book covers RF link budgets and latency including satellite channel models, launch technology innovation, satellite technology innovation, antenna innovation, multiorbit constellations, production and manufacturing innovation, commercial innovation, standards, business models, and emerging opportunities for cooperation between the 5G and satellite industry, including in-band backhaul.