Title :
Role of satellites in mobile-wireless systems
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Syst. Res., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Abstract :
It has long been a conjecture as to whether satellites have a role in mobile communications other than for niche areas such as sea and aero coverage. This paper attempts to answer this question by looking at the history of mobile satellite communications systems and the current developments towards multimedia, broadband, content and integrated systems. It projects into what is called the B3G era to show how satellites can play a useful role in cooperation with terrestrial systems.
Keywords :
broadband networks; cellular radio; mobile satellite communication; multimedia systems; B3G era; broadband systems; integrated system; mobile satellite communications system; multimedia systems; terrestrial system; Artificial satellites; Bit error rate; History; Mobile communication; Power generation economics; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Speech; TV broadcasting; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2004. PIMRC 2004. 15th IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8523-3
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2004.1368360