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The fifth book in the bestselling Artech House EW 100 series explores electronic warfare (EW) in space. Practical problems - including intercept and jamming of hostile signals transmitted from the Earth's surface and the vulnerability of satellite links to attack from the Earth's surface are discussed. Spherical trigonometry is covered to provide the background necessary to understand the scope of satellite problems. Orbit mechanics, specifically the way the Earth and its satellites revolve around one another, is also explained. The basics of radio propagation and how it applies to communications Electronic Warfare are demonstrated, as well as the special considerations that apply to radio transmission to and from an Earth satellite. Satellite links and link vulnerability are discussed. Readers learn how to calculate the distance over which a satellite can view as a function of its orbital parameters, how long the satellite can see that point, and the frequency shift in signals received by the satellite or an Earth based receiver. EW applications of orbit mechanics, satellite links, radio propagation and link vulnerability. Written by an expert in the field, this book is useful for technical and non-technical professionals.

Now in its Third Edition, the Artech House bestseller, Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics, provides engineers and students with the most complete and current coverage of this cutting-edge field.

Professionals learn how to manage business risks, governance and compliance. This updated resource provides a clear guide to ISO/IEC 27000 security standards and their implementation, focusing on the recent ISO/IEC 27001.

Every high-tech sales team today has technical pros on board to "explain how things work," and this success-tested training resource is written just for them. This newly revised and expanded third edition of an Artech House bestseller offers invaluable insights and tips for every stage of the selling process.

Signal Failure: The Rise and Fall of the Telecoms Industry offers a comprehensive analysis of the telecoms sector's historical trajectory, focusing on the critical period from 1950 to 2000. Arising from wider research into the history of the United Kingdom's electronics industry, this book demonstrates the long-term effects of technological developments and how these can conflict with the relatively short horizon of political decisions. The lessons highlighted are relevant now for any country that aims to grow by supporting technological industries. While telecoms engineers will find this book invaluable for its in-depth analysis of the UK telecoms landscape, its insights are applicable to a broader audience. It is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how innovation shapes technology markets and economies.Moreover, it offers invaluable insights for engineers grappling with the challenges posed by disruptive technologies in today's fast-paced environment. It is a practical handbook for understanding the intricate dynamics that shape the telecoms industry. Through its insightful analysis, this book equips engineers with the knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of technological evolution and market forces.

Gigahertz and Terahertz Technologies for Broadband Communications: Second Edition is a cutting-edge resource for understanding current, emerging, and future broadband communications systems, as well as the industry's major players and their products. This second edition covers more material on the massive and often radical technological developments that have taken place in the past two decades. This book spans RF, optical technology, and engineering at a practical level making it relevant to engineers working on 5G, 6G terrestrial and space and satellite applications. It helps engineers make design critical choices both at component and system level and increases awareness of the specific design challenges that need to be addressed in high frequency RF and fibre and free space optical transmission systems.

Substrate Integrated Suspended Line Circuits and Systems provides a systematic overview of the new transmission line - the substrate-integrated suspension line (SISL). It details the fundamentals and classical application examples of the SISL. The basic SISL concept and structure, various passive circuits and active circuits, and front-end sub-systems are systematically introduced. Featuring research on topics such as high-performance RF/microwave/mm-wave circuits and system, this book is ideal for researchers, engineers, scientists, scholars, educators, and students.

Chipless RFID Printing Technologies provides a comprehensive overview of the innovative substrate-integrated suspension line (SISL) as a cutting-edge transmission line. Readers will understand the core principles and classical applications of SISL, making it an invaluable reference for engineers working on RF and microwave engineering. This is also a great resource for researchers and graduate students who are interested in getting into the areas of Radio Frequency Identification, as well as colleagues, institutions, universities, and research centers.

Over the Air Measurement for Wireless Communication Systems is a complete and cutting-edge guide to the performance evaluation of wireless systems, such as 5th Generation wireless communications (5G) and beyond, Internet of Things (IoT), Intelligent Connected Vehicle (ICV), wireless sensors, and smart world wireless terminals. The book covers critical specifications for wireless communication systems, including Total Radiated Power (TRP) and Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS). Readers are provided with the latest on emerging applications such as massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) and Intelligent Connected Vehicle Over the Air Measurements (OTA), as well as in-depth knowledge of OTA systems and OTA test and measurement algorithms. This is a useful resource for wireless system managers, antenna and RF engineers, certification and measurement professionals, consultants and researchers, as well as advanced students. It is also suitable for certification specialists, test engineers, and project managers for selecting suitable OTA systems.

The "Microwave Techniques in Superconducting Quantum Computers" is a valuable resource that includes the world of superconducting quantum computing hardware. The book covers a wide range of topics crucial to the understanding and development of superconducting quantum computers. It provides insight into both room-temperature and cryogenic microwave engineering, providing a thorough examination of the various techniques and techniques employed in these environments. This resource also covers nanofabrication and control and measurement of superconducting qubits. All while teaching the reader how to apply these principles to other semiconductor qubits, such as spin and topological qubits.

This book shows you how to use physics-based models of battery cells in a computationally efficient way for optimal battery-pack management and control to maximize battery-pack performance and extend life. You'll understand the state of the art in physics-based methods for battery management and know where improvements beyond present state-of-art can still be made. With a strong emphasis on software and control aspects, the book also shows you how to overcome the primary roadblocks to implementing physics-based method for battery management: the computational-complexity roadblock, the parameter-identification roadblock, and the control-optimization roadblock.

This book provides a broad overview of cryptography and enables cryptography for trying out. It emphasizes the connections between theory and practice, focuses on RSA for introducing number theory and PKI, and links the theory to the most current recommendations from NIST and BSI. The book also enables readers to directly try out the results with existing tools available as open source. It is different from all existing books because it shows very concretely how to execute many procedures with different tools. The target group could be self-learners, pupils and students, but also developers and users in companies. All code written with these open-source tools is available. The appendix describes in detail how to use these tools. The main chapters are independent from one another. At the end of most chapters, you will find references and web links. The sections have been enriched with many footnotes. Within the footnotes you can see where the described functions can be called and tried within the different CrypTool versions, within SageMath or within OpenSSL.

Electromagnetism for Practicing Engineers, VOL. I: Electrostatics introduces the fundamentals of electromagnetism and introduces vector mathematics, which is used throughout the book. This book covers electrostatics, including Coulomb's law, electric fields, and Gauss's law and discusses the divergence and divergence theorem. This resource includes problem-solutions that help readers apply the concepts they have learned. The book also includes helpful illustrations and diagrams. This book is an excellent recent college graduates and engineering students who are new to electromagnetism. The book is also a valuable resource for practicing engineers who need a refresher on the fundamentals of electromagnetism.

A concise guide to high-performance Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems, customized for crucial public safety and utility applications, explores Radio Access Networks (RANs) within LMR systems. It covers base stations, mobile radios, and portable radios that enable seamless communication through strategically placed base stations, antennas, and combining systems. The book addresses interference issues, emphasizing diagnostic and remedial approaches through field testing and redesign. It particularly focuses on the design intricacies of base station antennas and combining systems at shared radio repeater sites in densely populated areas. The book outlines methods for identifying interference sources and constructing interference-resistant base station antennas and combining systems, ultimately maximizing coverage and cost-effectiveness. It offers a comprehensive roadmap for designing interference resilient LMR systems that meet and exceed the needs of public safety and utility organizations during critical operations. This resource is essential for engineers, designers, and professionals involved in creating reliable and high-performance LMR systems.

This book focuses on the navigation and tracking of artificial space objects, with emphasis on modelling the dynamics in a wide range of space missions, including earth-orbiting satellite missions, launch and re-entry missions as well as interplanetary missions. The book guides you in designing suitable estimation algorithms for each type of mission. It also helps you in addressing non-linearity in designing navigation algorithms for space missions and walks you through the process for choosing estimators for navigation and tracking of space vehicles. Includes MATLAB/Simulink based software is provided for simulation and simulated data set.

As a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of software-defined radio (SDR)Sofware Defined Radio: Theory and Practice covers a wide range of topics, including the principles of SDR, the design of SDR receivers, and the use of SDR for signal processing and communications. The book features a number of valuable resources for anyone interested in SDR. This includes difficult concepts grasped through straightforward, simple as possible, explanations. There is an abundance of Matlab examples to illustrate explanations and complete Simulink simulations provided for several fully developed digital receivers. This is a great resource for electrical engineers with design responsibility, hobbyists who have a passion for radio, and educators who need well-worked examples to illustrate concepts in class.

"The Present and Future of Indoor Navigation" provides a complete overview of the latest indoor navigation technologies, algorithms, and systems. It begins by discussing various types of sensors that can be used for indoor navigation, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, barometers, magnetometers, and cameras. It covers the various algorithms that can be used to compute the navigation solution, including Kalman filtering, particle filtering, and machine learning. Also discusses the system implementation considerations for indoor navigation, such as infrastructure, data fusion, and security. The book's focus is on present technologies and algorithms, but it also provides a look into the future possibilities for indoor navigation, making it a great resource for a wide audience. This includes researchers, engineers, and students who are interested in indoor navigation. It is also a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the latest technologies and algorithms for indoor navigation.

This book develops modeling and simulation (M&S) techniques for modern radars and electronic warfare (EW) systems. It covers basic concepts and modeling examples for the three "pillars" of EW: electronic attack (EA) systems, electronic protection (EP) techniques, and electronic support (ES). The book provides a comprehensive overview of the M&S techniques used in these systems, and its many examples and case studies provide a solid foundation for understanding how these techniques can be applied in practice. A valuable resource for engineers, scientists, and managers who are involved in the design, development, or testing of radar and EW systems. It provides a comprehensive overview of the M&S techniques that are used in these systems, and the book's many examples and case studies provide a solid foundation for understanding how these techniques can be applied in practice.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest trends in Internet of Things (IoT) antenna design. IoT is a rapidly growing network of interconnected devices that can collect and exchange data. This data can be used to improve efficiency, safety, and productivity in many applications, including smart cities, grids, industrial internet, computer security, etc. One of the main components of the IoT is the antenna. Antennas are responsible for transmitting and receiving the data that flows between IoT devices. To be effective, IoT antennas must be small, light, and easy to integrate into devices. They must also be able to operate in various environments, including those with elevated interference levels. This resource covers a wide range of topics, including the challenges and opportunities involved in designing antennas for IoT applications and the importance of miniaturization in IoT antenna design. A comprehensive list of references is included, making it a valuable resource for further study. This is an essential resource for engineers, researchers, and anyone who wants to learn more about the latest trends in IoT antenna design.

This resource offers valuable real-world vignettes distilled from 35 years of experience in U.S. Federal Government proposal development. Each vignette provides meaningful context for immediate application in readers' own organizations. The insights are relevant to small businesses, mid-tier companies, and global Fortune 50 corporations. Written in an accessible style and accompanied by relevant photographs, On-the-Go! delivers concise observations and business-driven recommendations. Topics cover various dimensions of proposal development, including human dynamics, business decisions, proposal writing, metrics, reviews, and integration. It also extends to academic, public-sector, and international private-sector proposals. The vignettes are streamlined and easily integrated into organizational best practices. The book caters to executive leadership, business developers, capture managers, proposal developers, subject matter experts, and knowledge managers. With its digestible format, On-the-Go! is convenient for quick engagement, making it a must-read for professionals in proposal development.

This book presents a systematic and concise overview of DE with a unique focus on developing a mathematical modelling framework for DEW performance prediction. It provides you with a comprehensive introduction to DE and its historical roots and walks you through effective methods for countering UAVs and other unmanned swarms, with examples provided to illustrate results. The book focuses on both high-power radio frequency and high energy laser performance prediction and equips practitioners with the toolset to predict DE performance and pursue future research directions. This is an important book for engineers, technical specialists, and managers working in the defense industry, including government and private contractors, as well as research practitioners at universities and engineering organizations worldwide.

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have evolved rapidly in recent years thanks to advances in microelectromechanical components, navigation, perception, and artificial intelligence, allowing for a fast development of autonomy. This book presents general approaches to develop, test, and evaluate critical functions such as navigation, obstacle avoidance and perception, and the capacity to improve performance in real and simulated scenarios. It provides the practical knowledge to install, analyze and evaluate UAS solutions working in real systems; illustrates how to use and configure complete platforms and software tools; and reviews the main enabling technologies applied to develop UAS, possibilities and evaluation methodology. You will get the tools you need to evaluate navigation and obstacle avoidance functions, object detection, and planning and landing alternatives in simulated conditions. The book also provides helpful guidance on the integration of additional sensors (video, weather, meteorological) and communication networks to build IoT solutions. This is an important book for practitioners and researchers interested in integrating advanced techniques in the fields of AI, sensor fusion and mission management, and anyone interest in applying and testing advanced algorithms in UAS platforms.

This practical book provides fundamentals of EM propagation electromagnetic wave propagation and its unique application for the design of mobile wireless systems in complex urban environments. It supplies telecommunication engineers with the proper theoretical and practical tools to: plan radio coverage in cellular networks; design a radio link; predict connectivity in a wireless network and ensure that the system to be designed fulfills regulations on exposure of general public to electromagnetic fields. The book brings theory, algorithms, and applications into focus with some practical examples. Specific attention is devoted to laying the mathematical foundations of the asymptotic techniques that are presented; of the propagation over a flat and spherical Earth; and also of the propagation in complex environment in order to provide a cohesive exposition of the underlying principles. You'll be shown the latest propagation models and be equipped to understand and address the unique challenges facing wireless propagation for the most recent 5G mobile systems, including how to cope with new propagation scenarios/frequencies in 5G wireless channel modelling. You'll also find unique coverage of the problems of human exposure to electromagnetic fields and the corresponding international and national regulations, including the most recent ICNIRP guidelines. With its strong theoretical background on fundamentals of electromagnetic propagation along with an application-oriented approach, this is a must-have book for researchers working on applied electromagnetics and engineers working on wireless network planning at an advanced level. It is also rich in details and clear, making it an excellent textbook for advanced and graduate-level students.

This book shows you how to develop a hybrid mm-wave chipless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system, which includes chipless tag, reader hardware, and detection algorithm that use image processing and machine learning (ML) techniques. It provides the background and information you need to apply the concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into detection and chipless tag signature printable on normal plastic substrates, instead of the conventional peak/nulls in the frequency tags. You'll learn how to incorporate new AI detection techniques along with cloud computing to lower costs. You'll also be shown a cost-effective means of image construction, which can lower detection errors. The book focuses on side-looking-aperture-radar (SLAR) with a combination of deep learning to provide a much safer means of chipless detection than the current inverse synthetic-aperture radar (iSAR) techniques. Each chapter includes practical examples of design, and a QA section to answer the possible doubts in simpler phrases. With its emphasis on mm-wave band and the practical side of design and engineering of the chipless tags, reader, and detection algorithms, this is an excellent resource for industry engineers, design engineers and university researchers.

This book covers the digitalization of the grid from a practical point of view and helps you understand the principles used in the development of the standard and its multiple benefits of how they can help in all aspects of the specialists' everyday work. The book demonstrates that the IEC 61850 standard is a new communications protocol and a completely new engineering environment using named data objects and attributes that support the interoperability between multifunctional devices from different manufacturers integrated in protection automation and control systems. It highlights the contribution of the standard in introducing high speed peer to peer communications that support different substation and wide area protection and automation related applications. You will be introduced to the different parts of the standard and their evolution from a substation centered approach towards its expansion targeting the coverage of the different domains of the smart grid. It approaches the subject from a practical point utilizing an expert's years of experience. It provides numerous examples of the application of the standard for protection, automation, and control in smart grid. This is an excellent resource for utility specialists and researchers developing protection, automation and control devices in systems based on the standard; and by consultants helping with the implementation of the standard in different projects.

Plasmonic optical biosensors allow label-free and highly sensitive detection of analytes, usually within a dedicated microfluidic system that brings the sample to the biosensor surface. Since the nineties, an optical fiber counterpart to the bulky Kretschmann prism configuration implemented in most commercial systems is investigated and developed to allow in situ measurements with a miniaturized system. Thanks to straightforward light injection and considering the optical fiber geometry, such developments indeed allow remote operation in very small volumes of analytes of the order of 10 µL or even less. The plasmonic optical fiber technology is now mature to such a degree that it becomes to be industrialized. Various configurations comprising unclad/etched multimode optical fibers, D-shaped fibers, U-bent fibers, interferometers, and optical fiber gratings (tilted and long period fiber gratings) were reported. When combined with thin metal films or nanoparticles and functionalized with antibodies, aptamers or other relevant bioreceptors, they show unprecedented performance in terms of sensitivity and limit of detection. Also, the target applications are ever growing, covering biomedical sensing, environmental sensing, and food quality monitoring, among others. This will be a great resource for photonics Engineers and Bioengineers (Industrial engineers and researchers.

A comprehensive discussion of operational requirements for future naval operations with sufficient detail to enable design and development of technical solutions to achieve the advanced information fusion and command and control concepts described. This book provides a unique focus on advanced approaches to Naval ISR and the critical underlying technologies to enable Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO). Also describing the approach of distributed Naval ops and role of ISR applying advanced technologies and addressing future conflict, new U.S. Naval maritime approaches, distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and the newest U.S. Navy operational concept. This is a great resource for Naval officers in the ISR, Intelligence, Space, ASW, EW and Surface Warfare, disciplines who seek an in-depth understanding of advanced ISR operations and technologies as well as Navy and industry managers and engineers planning and developing advanced naval systems.