The GSM procedures in an integrated cellular/satellite system

Author

Del Re, Enrico ; Iannucci, Piero

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Florence Univ., Italy

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

430

Abstract

In an integrated cellular/satellite system for mobile communications a satellite subsystem cooperates with a terrestrial cellular network for providing user services. The paper addresses the problems related of the reuse of the procedures of the GSM cellular standard in an integrated system. Allowing at most changes only at the mobile terminal and/or in the satellite network. The results of the study show that most of the GSM procedures can be reused in an integrated system (in a few cases with limited protocol variations) but some others would require modifications to the cellular network. The results of this study shall also be useful for the suitable definition of the protocols of an integrated satellite/terrestrial system for the next generation of mobile and personal communication services

Keywords

cellular radio; land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; protocols; radio networks; telecommunication standards; GSM cellular standard; GSM procedures; integrated cellular/satellite system; mobile communication services; mobile terminal; personal communication services; protocol; satellite network; satellite subsystem; terrestrial cellular network; user services; Artificial satellites; Cellular networks; GSM; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Personal communication networks; Protocols; Radio frequency; Satellite broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.345887

Filename

345887