Satellite Personal Communications for Future-generation Systems: Final Report: COSY 252 Action

by Enrico Del Re, Laura Pierucci

Overview

Consisting of selected technical contributions to the European Project COST252 (Evolution of Satellite Personal Communications from 2nd to Future Generation Systems) this volume provides many innovative results which can be the basis for new global (mobile /terrestrial/satellite) telecommunications systems providing multimedia services at high rates.

The latest research results and new perspectives on communications problems are presented in areas such as:

- Satellite systems;

- Management signalling and resource allocation;

- CDMA system and receivers;

- Prools;

- Coding;

- Satellite-ATM and Satellite-UMTS.

The book deals with the satellite components for the third-generation mobile UMTS/IMT-2000 Systems. The satellite component (both geostationary and non-geostationary constellations of satellites) of the future systems offers in particular an effective mean for providing advanced mobile wideband multimedia services to users the world-wide at rates up to 2Mb/s. Satellite Personal Communications for Future-generation Systems will be of particular interest for both researchers and telecommunications professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852335373
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	03/22/2002
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1 COST 252 Framework.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Technical Description and Implementation.- 2 Strategic Scenarios and Feasibility Studies.- 2.1 Review of Objectives and Chapter Organisation.- 2.2 Service Requirements Definition.- 2.3 User Requirements Definition.- 2.4 System Requirements Definition.- 2.5 Scenario Definition.- 3 Network Aspects of Dynamic Satellite Multimedia Systems.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 S-UMTS Approach.- 3.3 S-ATM Approach.- 3.4 Packet-Based Inter-Satellite Link Routing.- 3.5 MAC Prools for Satellite Multimedia Networks.- 3.6 Conclusions.- 4 Air Interface Aspects.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Propagation and Diversity Characteristics of L- and EHF-Band Systems.- 4.3 Novel Modulation Techniques: Variable Rate CPSFK Modulation.- 4.4 Novel Coding Techniques: TCH Codes.- 4.5 CDMA Receiver Techniques for Future MSC Systems.- 4.6 Conclusions.- 4.7 Appendix.- 5 Conclusions and Future Actions.