Recently the request of multimedia services has been rapidly
increasing and satellite networks appear to be attractive for
a fast service deployment and to extend the typical service area
of terrestrial systems. In comparison with traditional wide area
networks, a characteristic of satellite communication systems
is their ability in broadcasting and multicasting multimedia information
flows. In addition to this, mobile satellite systems are expected
to realize an umbrella macro-cellular coverage for terrestrial
3G systems. Telecommunication networks are moving towards an all-IP
environment with unified protocols in both access and core networks.
Therefore, it is of paramount importance to achieve the integration
between terrestrial and satellite systems not only from the coverage
standpoint, but also for what concerns protocols until the application
layer. In such a context, several techniques need to be proposed
in order to optimize the system at different layers in terms of
definition of suitable architectures and orbital configurations
(LEO, MEO, GEO), determination of wideband transmission techniques
via satellite to/from the remote mobile terminals, definition
of techniques to share efficiently the satellite radio resources
amongst the greatest number of users and realization of novel
information services that account for the user position (GPS or
Galileo systems).
This thematic area at VTC 2004 - Spring is addressed, but not
limited, to the following research topics:
- Satellite Network Architectures
- Hybrid Satellite and Terrestrial Networks
- Services and Applications
- Localization Systems
- Channel modeling for navigation systems
- Navigation without line-of-sight signal
- Network-aided positioning
- Broadcasting Satellites
- Internet Services over Satellite
- Traffic Characterization on Modeling
- Quality of Service Aspects
- IP Protocols for Satellite
- TCP/IP Performance over Satellite
- New Transport Protocols for Mobile Satellite
Systems
- Network Control and Management
- Mobility and Location Management
- On-Board Processing and Switching
- Vertical Integration in the Air Interface
Protocols
- Media Access Control Protocols
- Scheduling Approaches for Quality of Service
Guarantee with Multimedia Traffics
- Radio Resource Management for Hybrid Terrestrial
and Satellite Systems
- Energy-efficient Access Strategies
- Access Schemes with Adaptive Transmission
bit-rate
- Reservation Protocols for Satellite Access
- Advances in Coding for Satellite Communications
- Modulation Schemes for Satellite
- Advances in Antenna Technology
| Satellite Networks and Services Committee Chair |
Giovanni Giambene
University of Siena
Italy
Tel: +39 0577 234603
Fax: +39 0577 233602
E-mail: giambene@unisi.it
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| Members |
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Barry
Evans |
University of Surrey |
UK |
Laurent Franck |
INSA Toulouse / LAAS-CNRS |
France |
Riccardo De
Gaudenzi |
European Space Agency |
The Netherlands |
| Riku Jantti |
University of Vaasa |
Finland |
Athanasios Kanatas |
University of Piraeus |
Greece |
Merkourios Karaliopoulos |
University of Surrey |
UK |
Sastri Kota |
Loral Skynet |
USA |
Gérard Maral |
ENST/TéSA |
France |
Mario Marchese |
CNIT - University of Genoa |
Italy |
Mathiopoulos
Panayiotis |
Inst. for Space Applications
& Remote Sensing |
Greece |
George Pantos |
National Technical University
of Athens |
Greece |
Cristina Parraga
Niebla |
German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
Germany |
Gonzalo Seco |
European Space Agency |
The Netherlands |
Zhili Sun |
University of Surrey |
UK |
Maria Angeles
Vazquez Castro |
European Space Agency |
The Netherlands |
