Personal Satellite Services

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2014, held in Genova, Italy, in July 2014. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and present the latest advances in the next generation satellite networking and communication systems.

A scientific overview of current and future satellite systems for mobile and broadband communications. In part I, the fundamentals of geostationary and non-geostationary satellite constellations and the related questions of communications technology are treated. Part II deals with satellite systems for mobile communications and treats several network features as well as their technology, regulation and financing. Part III is devoted to future satellite systems for broadband communications and explains the specialities of satellite communications, particularly on the basis of ATM and TCP/IP. An extensive survey on operating and planned satellite systems completes the book.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2011, held in Malaga, Spain, in February 2011. The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected and cover a wide range of topics such as multimedia IP, next generation satellite networks, bandwidth allocation, aeronautic communications for air traffic management, DVB-S2, hybrid networks, delay tolerant networking, channel estimation and interference management, satellite antenna design, and localization systems.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2010, held in Rome, Italy, Februray 2010. The conference included a keynote speech, 4 regular technical tracks and 4 special sessions consisting of 33 high-quality scientific papers. These cover various topics such as Satellite Communications: Coding and Modulations, Multimedia Integration, Satellite Network: Quality of Service and Architectures and Applications and Services, as well as Delay-Tolerant Networks, Quantum Satellite Communications, Access Quality Processing and Applications of Satellite Imagery.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2013, held in Toulouse, France, in June 2013. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They are grouped in the following topical sections: satellite for emergency and aero communication, satellite for networking, resource management, and air interface.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2012, held in Bradford, UK, in March 2012. The 22 revised full papers presented together with 4 poster sessions were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers cover topics such as radio resource management; spectrum/interference management and antenna design; mobility and security; and protocol performance in satellite networks.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Personal Satellite Services (PSATS 2009) in Rome, Italy in March 2009. The 17 papers papers demonstrate recent advances in Internet applications over satellites, satellites technologies, and future satellite location-based systems.

Presents the concepts, technology, and role of satellite systems in support of personal applications, such as mobile and broadband communications, navigation, television, radio and multimedia broadcasting, safety of life services, etc. This book presents a novel perspective on satellite systems, reflecting the modern personal technology context, and hence a focus on the individual as end-user. The book begins by outlining key generic concepts before discussing techniques adopted in particular application areas; next, it exemplifies these techniques through discussion of state-of-art current and emerging satellite systems. The book concludes by contemplating the likely evolution of these systems, taking into consideration influences and trends in technology, in conjunction with growing user expectations. In addition to addressing satellite systems that directly interact with personal devices, the book additionally considers those indirect applications where there is an increasing interest by individuals - notably, in remote sensing. As such, the book uniquely encompasses the entire gamut of satellite-enabled personal / end-user applications. Key Features: Broad scope - views satellite systems generically with regards to their applicability across a wide range of personal application areas Strong foundation in underlying concepts State-of-the-art system examples Review of trends in relevant areas of satellite technology Revision questions at the end of each chapter The book is suited to individuals, engineers, scientists, service providers, system operators, application developers and managers interested or involved in the use of satellite technology for personal applications. It should also hold interest for use in research institutes interested in promoting inter-disciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas, as well as by financiers, policy makers, and strategists interested in gaining a better understanding of this technology.