Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications

1. Front Matter

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2. Services, markets and regulatory issues

   1. Front Matter

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   2. System, Market and Regulatory Aspects for Satellite Personal Communications

      • Fulvio Ananasso

      Pages 3-14

   3. Technical Alternatives for Satellite Mobile Networks

      • Pietro Porzio Giusto, Giuseppe Quaglione

      Pages 15-27

3. Concepts, systems and key technologies

   1. Front Matter

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   2. A Digital Transparent Satellite Payload Concept for Personal Mobile Satellite Communications: A VLSI Technology Review

      • J. Ventura-Traveset, M. Hollreiser, I. Stojkovic, F. Petz

      Pages 31-57

   3. Multi-media Satellite Mobile Services and Systems

      • Hanspeter Kuhlen

      Pages 58-77

   4. An Overview of CDMA Techniques for Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications

      • R. De Gaudenzi, T. Garde, F. Giannetti, M. Luise

      Pages 78-104

   5. Payload Design Alternatives for Geostationary Personal Communications Satellites

      • M. Lisi, M. Piccinni, A. Vernucci

      Pages 105-120

4. Processing and network aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Interworking procedures between cellular networks and satellite systems

      • E. Del Re, P. Iannucci, F. Argenti, B. Evans, W. Zhao, R. Tafazolli

      Pages 123-141

   3. Network Aspects on the Integration between the UMTS Network and Satellite Systems

      • Francesco Delli Priscoli

      Pages 142-155

   4. Gateway Earth Stations for Future LEO Communications Satellite Systems

      • Paolo Capodieci, Mauro Caucci, Renato Del Ricco, Antonio Vernucci

      Pages 156-173

   5. Aspects of Satellite Constellation and System Connectivity Analysis

      • A. Böttcher, G. E. Corazza, E. Lutz, F. Vatalaro, M. Werner

      Pages 174-201

   6. Networking and Signalling Aspects of a Satellite Personal Communications Network

      • C. Cullen, A. Sammut, R. Tafazolli, B. G. Evans

      Pages 202-222

5. Channel and radiofrequency aspects

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Channel Characterization for Mobile Satellite Communications

      • Giovanni E. Corazza, Axel Jahn, Erich Lutz, Francesco Vatalaro

      Pages 225-250

   3. Channel Models for Mobile/Personal Satellite Communication Systems

      • G. Butt, B. G. Evans, M. A. N. Parks

      Pages 251-262

   4. Propagation models for the Land Mobile Satellite Channel: validation aspects

      • E. Damosso, G. Di Bernardo, A. L. Rallo, M. Sforza, L. Stola

      Pages 263-276

   5. Advances in Modulation and Coding for the Satellite Mobile Channel

      • E. Biglieri

      Pages 277-284

The shift from network-oriented to user-oriented services in the 80s and early 90s has increased the penetration of satellite services into the user community. Parallel to this, worldwide interest has arisen in Personal Communication Services (PCS), where satellites play a crucial role in the provision of PCS all over the world. Satellite Personal Communication Networks (S-PCN) are extremely attractive because they can serve a significant sector of the rapidly growing cellular market. This publication presents market perspectives and technological aspects in relation to satellite mobile and personal communication services. Papers were written by some of the most acclaimed European specialists in PCS. They present basic concepts and the latest research results.

• Modulation
• Standards
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
• communication
• communication network
• satellite

• Telecom Italia / Telespazio, Roma, Italy

  Fulvio Ananasso

• Universita’ di Roma “Tor Vergata” (DIE), Roma, Italy

  Francesco Vatalaro

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