Satellite systems have been an important element of telecommunications networks for many years serving, in particular, long distance telephony and television broadcasting. The involvement of satellite in IP networks is a direct result of new trends in global telecommunications where Internet traffic will hold a dominant share in the total network traffic. The large geographical coverage of the satellite footprint and its unique broadcasting capabilities as well as its high-capacity channel combined with readily available Ka Band spectrum will retain satellite systems as an irreplaceable part of communications systems, despite the high cost and long development and launching cycle of a satellite system.

This issue of the Journal on Selected Areas in Communications is devoted to the numerous research activities toward realization of the global broadband Internet access via satellite networks. The issue aims to gather state-of-the art technical papers outlining the research and progress in the field of satellite IP in detail. The papers are solicited from key industries involved in development of new satellite systems including those involved in providing broadband Internet access to home and small business users, DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcast – Return Channel System), in-flight Internet systems, and other forms of Internet access through satellite as well as from academia working on networking, mobility management, quality of service, database management and caching, and physical channel.

Papers describing all aspects of realization of IP services through satellites at all layers of the network stack are solicited. Specifically, papers are solicited in the following areas, but not limited to:
 

Emerging satellite systems and architectures Satellite role in 3G and beyond for wireless IP  IP protocols for satellite   Satellite routing management Location and mobility management for satellites Satellite network control and management TCP/IP performance over satellite

Hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks Modulation schemes for satellite IP networks Satellite/terrestrial resource allocation algorithms Link performance models for satellite channel Reservation protocols for satellite access Internet services over satellite and in-flight Internet Standards status (ITU, ETSI, TIA, IETF, …)

Submission
 

Manuscript Submission  Extended to Dec 15, 2002 Acceptance Notification  May 1, 2003 Final Manuscript Due July 1, 2003 Publication 1st Quarter 2004

Prospective authors should prepare their manuscript in accordance with the IEEE J-SAC format described in the Information for Authors. Authors wishing to submit papers should send an electronic version (PDF format) to Abbas Jamalipour at a.jamalipour@ieee.org according to the timetable given on the left.

Guest Editors
 

Abbas Jamalipour School of Electrical & Information Engineering University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA Tel.: +61 2 9351 2843 Fax: +61 2 9351 3847 Email: a.jamalipour@ieee.org	Satchandi N. Verma Northrop Grumman Space Technology One Space Park, Redondo Beach,  California USA   Tel.: +1 310 812 1742 Fax: +1 310 813 4692 Email: Satchandi.Verma@trw.com	Jason Neale EMS Technologies Space and Electronics Group – Canada 21025 Trans Canada Highway Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec Canada, H9X 3R2 Tel.: +1 514 457 2150 Fax: +1 514 425 3016  Email: neale.j@ems-t.ca
Mario Marchese CNITItalian National Consortium of Telecommunications University of Genoa Research Unit Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genova ITALY Tel.: +39 010 3532806 Fax: +39 010 3532154 Email: mario.marchese@cnit.it	Haitham S. Cruickshank Centre for Commun. Systems Research (CCSR), School of Electronics, Computing and Mathematics University of Surrey Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK Tel.: +44 1483 686007 Fax: +44 1483 686011  Email: H.Cruickshank@surrey.ac.uk

 

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