Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications Proceedings of the 1st European Workshop on Mobile/Personal Satcoms (EMPS’94)

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.

I: Services, markets and regulatory issues.- System, Market and Regulatory Aspects for Satellite Personal Communications.- Technical Alternatives for Satellite Mobile Networks.- II: Concepts, systems and key technologies.- A Digital Transparent Satellite Payload Concept for Personal Mobile Satellite Communications: a VLSI Technology Review.- Multi-Media Satellite Mobile Services and Systems.- An Overview of CDMA Techniques for Mobile and Personal Satellite Communications.- Payload Design Alternatives for Geostationary Personal Communications Satellites.- III: Processing and network aspects.- Interworking Procedures Between Cellular Networks and Satellite Systems.- Network Aspects on the Integration Between the UMTS Network and Satellite Systems.- Gateway Earth Stations for Future LEO Communications Satellite Systems.- Aspects of Satellite Constellation and System Connectivity Analysis.- Networking and Signalling Aspects of a Satellite Personal Communications Network.- IV: Channel and radiofrequency aspects.- Channel Characterization for Mobile Satellite Communications.- Channel Models for Mobile/Personal Satellite Communication Systems.- Propagation Models for the Land Mobile Satellite Channel: Validation Aspects.- Advances in Modulation and Coding for the Satellite Mobile Channel.- V: Panel papers.- Mobile/Personal Satcoms System Alternatives—Satellite and Network Aspects.- Market Prospective: Satellite Mobile Multi-Media Services and Systems.- GLOBALSTAR System: an Overview.- Strategy of Alenia Spazio in Mobile Communications.- Standards for Satellite Personal Communications Networks.- System Alternatives for Satellite Personal Communications: a Satellite Manufacturer’s View.- The Developments of Euteltracs and Some Lessons for Future Systems.