Personal Satellite Services

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Personal Satellite Services, PSATS 2010, held in Rome, Italy, Februray 2010. The conference included a keynote speech, 4 regular technical tracks and 4 special sessions consisting of 33 high-quality scientific papers. These cover various topics such as Satellite Communications: Coding and Modulations, Multimedia Integration, Satellite Network: Quality of Service and Architectures and Applications and Services, as well as Delay-Tolerant Networks, Quantum Satellite Communications, Access Quality Processing and Applications of Satellite Imagery.

Track 1 - Satellite Communications: Coding and Modulation.- Overview of PHY-Layer Design Challenges and Viable Solutions in W-Band Broadband Satellite Communications.- FM Discriminator for AIS Satellite Detection.- Simulation of a Feasible Galileo System Operating in L1 and E5 Bands.- Compensations of Nonlinear Effects of TWTA for Signal Super-Positioning Satellite Communication Systems.- Track 2 - Satellite Communications: Multimedia Integration.- Comparative Analysis of Image Compression Algorithms for Deep Space Communications Systems.- Ka-Band Satellite Consumer Triple-Play and Professional Video Services.- On the Consideration of an UMTS/S-UMTS Based GEO-MSS System Architecture Design.- Track 3 - Satellite Networks: Quality of Service and Architectures.- End-to-End QoS Evaluation of IP-Diffserv Network over LEO Satellite Constellation.- A Cross-Layer Approach to Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Satellite Networks.- End-to-End QoS Measurement over a DVB-RCS Satellite Network.- Track 4 - Satellite Networks: Applications and Services.- Towards an IP/GSE-Only Signalling Framework for DVB Transmission Systems.- No-Reference H.264/AVC Statistical Multiplexing for DVB-RCS.- The Interplanetary Network Node: Architecture and Preliminary Performance Evaluation.- WiFi Assisted GPS for Extended Location Services.- Hybrid Satellite-Optical Ring Network for Regional Blackspots in Australia's National Broadband Network.- Special Session 1 - Delay Tolerant Network.- Mitigating Denial of Service Attacks in Delay-and Disruption-Tolerant Networks.- Delay/Disruption Tolerant Network Architecture for Aircrafts Datalink on Scheduled Routes.- Access Control Framework for Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networks.- ID Based Cryptography and Anonymity in Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networks.-Virtualization Technologies for DTN Testbeds.- Special Session 2 - Quantum Satellite Communications.- On the Polarization Analysis of Optical Beams for Use in Quantum Communications between Earth and Space.- 100 MHz Amplitude and Polarization Modulated Optical Source for Free-Space Quantum Communications at 850 nm.- Novel Techniques for Information Reconciliation, Quantum Channel Probing and Link Design for Quantum Key Distribution.- Using Redundancy-Free Quantum Channels for Improving the Satellite Communication.- Efficient Long Range Communication by Quantum Injected Optical Parametric Amplification.- Special Session 3 - Access Quality Processing and Applications of Satellite Imagery.- Semi-automatic Objects Recognition Process Based on Fuzzy Logic.- GeoEye-1: Analysis of Radiometric and Geometric Capability.- Local Detection of Three-Dimensional Systematic Errors in Satellite DSMs: Case Studies of SRTM and ASTER in Lombardy.- Interactive Access and Processing of Multispectral Imagery: The User in the Loop.- Time Series Analysis of the Digital Elevation Model of Kuwait Derived from Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry.- Special Session 4 - Satellite Based Emergency Services.- Cooperative Strategies of Integrated Satellite/Terrestrial Systems for Emergencies.- Software Defined Radio Assisted Localization for Emergency Scenarios.- Hybrid System HAP-WiFi for Incident Area Network.