Symposium Chair: Prof. Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia (a.jamalipour@ieee.org)

The objective of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers and technologists to present new ideas and contributions in the area of mobile satellite communications within the topics of interest of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2003-Fall). This symposium also intends to bring together various satellite network systems developers to discuss the current status, technical challenges, standards, fundamental issue, and future services and applications. Satellite will have a major role in providing a global interconnectivity for the next generation wireless mobile networks where the IP and high-speed broadband applications are the dominant services. 

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
 

Emerging Mobile Satellite Systems Satellite Network Architectures (GEO, LEO, MEO) Inter-Satellite Links Home and Small Office Internet Access via Satellite Services and Applications Multiple Access Media Access Control Protocols Traffic Management Traffic Characterization on Modeling Quality of Service (QoS) models IP Protocols for Satellite Navigation Services TCP/IP Performance over Satellite New Transport Protocols for Satellite Network Control and Management

Wideband Wireless Access Networks Routing Protocols Hybrid Satellite and Terrestrial Networks Mobility and Location Management LEO/MEO Satellite Communications Performance Simulation and Modeling of SATCOM Networks Broadcasting Satellites On-Board Processing and Switching Internet Services over Satellite Advances in Coding for Satellite Communications Modulation Schemes for Satellite Resource Allocation Algorithms Link Performance Models Advances in Antenna Technology Reservation Protocols for Satellite Access

Submission
 

Last date for submission of abstracts  March 24, 2003 Acceptance Notification  May 15, 2003 Camera-ready version of accepted papers July 15, 2003

Respective authors are requested to submit their papers in accordance to the normal paper submission of VTC2003-Fall and select the “Broadband Mobile Satellite Networks” Symposium as their target symposium. Specifically, authors must submit a short abstract submission (approximately 150 words in the EDAS web site form) and an extended abstract (up to 2 pages) also submitted through the EDAS web site. The extended abstracts are soft copy in MS Word or PDF file formats. The submission must include the name, complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and the email address of the author(s). Extended abstracts should be submitted electronically (MS Word or PDF) by March 24, 2003. Please see the VTC2003-Fall web site at http://vtc2003.com/ for more details.