The Square Kilometre Array: An International Engineering Perspective -- The Allen Telescope Array -- Sky Noise Limited Snapshot Imaging in the Presence of RFI with LOFAR’s Initial Test Station -- The LOFAR Central Processing Facility Architecture -- Hemispheric Imaging of Galactic Neutral Hydrogen with a Phased Array Antenna System -- Electronic Multi-Beam Radio Astronomy Concept: Embrace a Demonstrator for the European SKA Program -- The Australian SKA New Technology Demonstrator Program -- Low Noise Performance Perspectives of Wideband Aperture Phased Arrays -- Effective Sensitivity of a Non-Uniform Phased Array of Short Dipoles -- Low Frequency End Performance of a Symmetrical Configuration Antenna for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) -- Radio Astronomy Antennas by the Thousands -- A Spherical Lens for the SKA -- Efficiency Analysis of Focal Plane Arrays in Deep Dishes -- Model Validation and Performance Evaluation for the Multi-Tethered Aerostat Subsystem of the Large Adaptive Reflector -- Modeling of a Feed Support System for Fast -- Cylindrical Reflectors -- Local Oscillator Distribution Using a Geostationary Satellite -- RF Design of a Wideband CMOS Integrated Receiver for Phased Array Applications -- Fiber Optic Network Technology for Distributed Long Baseline Radio Telescopes -- ALMA and e-MERLIN Data Transmission Systems: Lessons for SKA -- Array Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy -- Ska Correlator Advances -- RFI Mitigation and the SKA -- A 256 MHz Bandwidth Baseband Receiver/Spectrometer -- The Square Kilometre Array Molonglo Prototype (SKAMP) Correlator -- COTS Correlator Platform -- DSN Deep-Space Array-Based Network Beamformer -- Software Development for the Square Kilometre Array -- A Simple Model of Software Costs for the Square Kilometre Array -- SKA and EVLA Computing Costs for Wide Field Imaging -- Efficient Imaging Strategies for Next-Generation Radio Arrays -- System Optimisation of Multi-Beam Aperture Synthesis Arrays for Survey Performance -- SKA Cost Model for Wide Field-of-View Options -- Cost Effective Frequency Ranges for Multi-Beam Dishes, Cylinders, Aperture Arrays, and Hybrids -- Cylinder — Small Dish Hybrid for the SKA -- RFI Test Observations at a Candidate SKA Site in China.

This volume is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the engineering of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a revolutionary instrument which will be the world’s largest radio telescope. Expected to be completed by 2020, the SKA will be a pre-eminent tool in probing the Early Universe and in enhancing greatly the discovery potential of radio astronomy in many other fields. This book, containing 36 refereed papers written by leaders in SKA engineering, has been compiled by the International SKA Project Office and is the only contemporary compendium available. It features papers dealing with pivotal technologies such as antennas, RF systems and data transport. As well, overviews of important SKA demonstrator instruments and key system design issues are included. Practising professionals, and students interested in next-generation telescopes, will find this book an invaluable reference.