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A survey on mobile satellite systems
Author(s) -
Chini Paolo,
Giambene Giovanni,
Kota Sastri
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.941
Subject(s) - computer science , standardization , telecommunications , digital video broadcasting , robustness (evolution) , multicast , communications satellite , satellite system , train , multimedia broadcast multicast service , satellite , mobile telephony , computer network , global positioning system , mobile radio , gnss applications , geography , chemistry , cartography , engineering , gene , aerospace engineering , operating system , biochemistry
Satellite systems represent a significant solution to provide communication services to mobile users in under‐populated regions, in emergency areas, on planes, trains, and ships. In all these cases, satellite systems have unique capabilities in terms of robustness, wide area coverage, and broadcast/multicast capabilities. This paper surveys current mobile satellite networks and services from different standpoints, encompassing research issues, recent standardization advances (e.g. mobile extension for DVB‐S2/‐RCS, DVB‐SH) and some operational systems (e.g. Globalstar, Inmarsat BGAN, Iridium, and Thuraya). The last part of this paper is devoted to qualitative and quantitative comparisons of the different mobile satellite systems to understand their characteristics in terms of services, capacity, resource utilization efficiency, and user mobility degree.Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.