This book presents a broadband network designed with characterising
propagation as well as networking issues to deliver communication
services to a large population in remote areas. Long term rainfall data
has been analysed to characterise attenuation level at a selected region
such as Dhaka. Radar and rain gauge measurements at Sparsholt are also
used to find rain cell size distribution, which is a crucial factor in
site diversity implementation to combat severe rain fade. The network
model is designed with dimensioning the effective bandwidth to support a
number of users over the satellite link by taking into account the
multimedia traffic characteristics. A robust coding scheme is
implemented to improve the link quality to deliver broadband services.
Different enhancement schemes are implemented to optimise TCP
performance over satellite links. The book should be suitable for
students at graduate/postgraduate level in Electronic Engineering in
general, and Satellite Communications and Networking in particular. It
is recommended for anyone who aspires to understand the concepts,
structure, and elements of a broadband network.