Modeling and Simulation Environment for Satellite and Terrestrial Communications Networks: Proceedings of the European COST Telecommunications Symposium will be of interest to network designers, developers, and operators. This book is a collection of papers given at the European Cost Telecommunications Symposium. The Symposium was broken down into four sessions: Modelling and Simulation. Teletraffic Modelling. Communications Networks Simulation. Problems in Simulation. Each session addressed a wide spectrum of subjects. The symposium covered nearly all of the important aspects of simulation modeling and tools for the design and performance evaluation of communication techniques and systems. Emerging techniques were emphasized. Modeling and Simulation Environment for Satellite and Terrestrial Communications Networks: Proceedings of the European COST Telecommunications Symposium is a useful reference work for practicing engineers and academic researchers.

Broadband Satellite Communications for Internet Access is a systems engineering methodology for satellite communication networks. It discusses the implementation of Internet applications that involve network design issues usually addressed in standard organizations. Various protocols for IP- and ATM-based networks are examined and a comparative performance evaluation of different alternatives is described. This methodology can be applied to similar evaluations over any other transport medium.

"Contains 275 tutorial articles focused on modern telecommunications topics. The contents include articles on communication networks, source coding and decoding, channel coding and decoding, modulation and demodulation, optical communications, satellite communications, underwater acoustic communications, radio propagation, antennas, multiuser communications, magnetic storage systems, and a variety of standards"--V.1, p. v.

"Communication Satellites" chronicles the worldwide development of communication satellites over a period of more than four decades. Includes drawings of satellites, communication subsystem block diagrams, coverage maps, extensive references, and a supplemental bibliography.