Satellite handover techniques for LEO networks

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-245

  Papapetrou, E ^a   Karapantazis, S ^a   Dimitriadis, G ^a   Pavlidou, F N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Doppler effect; Fixed channel allocation; LEO satellite networks; Partial satellite diversity; Satellite handover

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; BROADCASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTICASTING; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROTATION;

FIXED CHANNEL ALLOCATION (FCA); LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE NETWORKS; PARTIAL SATELLITE DIVERSITY; SATELLITE HANDOVERS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642338972     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.783     Document Type: Article

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