IP/ATM Mobile Satellite Networks

Gain the knowledge needed to execute end-to-end performance analysis over satellite links and networks, evaluate throughput and capacity over satellite systems, and understand IP/ATM over SATCOM issues and limitations with this in-depth, practical resource. The book examines current and future land mobile satellite (LMS) communication systems, and the techniques necessary to support reliable and efficient communication.

John R. Farserotu is head of the Wireless Communication Section at CSEM in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where his research interests include wireless communication, modulation and coding, satellite communication and networking. He holds an M.S.E.E. in communications from George Washington University and a Ph.D. from Deft University of Technology. Ramjee Prasad is wireless information and multimedia chair and co-director of the Center for PersonKommunikation at Aalborg University. He is the author of CDMA for Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1996) and Universal Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1998), co-author of OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications (Artech House, 2000), and co-editor of Third Generation Mobile Communication Systems (Artech House, 2000) and WCDMA: Towards IP Mobility and Mobile Internet (Artech House, 2001).