Table of Contents Ch. 1: General Ch. 2: Some basic technical issues Ch. 3: Baseband signal processing and multiplexing Ch. 4: Carrier modulation techniques Ch. 5: Multiple access, assignment and network architectures Ch. 6: Space segment Ch. 7: Earth segment Ch. 8: Interconnection of satellite networks with terrestrial networks and user terminals Ch. 9: Frequency sharing, interference and coordination