WISECOM: A rapidly deployable satellite backhauling system for emergency situations

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-440

  Berioli, Matteo ^a   Chaves, Javier Mulero ^a   Courville, Nicolas ^a   Boutry, Philippe ^b   Fondere, Jean Louis ^c   Skinnemoen, Harald ^d   Tork, Hillar ^e   Werner, Markus ^f   Weinlich, Michael ^g,h  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

^d AnsuR Technologies   (Norway)

^e Reach U Ltd   (Estonia)

^f TRIAGNOSYS GMBH   (Germany)

^g Steinbeis Forschung Zentrum GmbH   (Germany)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

emergency communications; GSM; location based services; satellite backhauling; TETRA; VoIP; WiFi; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

BGAN; BUSINESS MODELS; CIVIL PROTECTION; DIFFERENT SERVICES; DVB-RCS; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY SITUATION; END-USERS; FIRE BRIGADE; GERMANY; INMARSAT; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; MOBILE RADIO NETWORKS; SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM CAPABILITIES; TETRA; VOIP;

FIRE PROTECTION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNET TELEPHONY; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SATELLITES; WI-FI; WIMAX;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 80053074229     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.982     Document Type: Article

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