Multicast-aware power allocation in multiple spot-beam satellite communication systems

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-71

  Akkor, Gun ^a,b   Hadjitheodosiou, Michael ^a   Baras, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Patton Electronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicast delivery; Power allocation; Satellite networks; System design

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITES;

MULTICAST DELIVERY; POWER ALLOCATION; SATELLITE NETWORKS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644799968     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.830     Document Type: Article

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