Cooperative and Cognitive Satellite Systems

Cooperative and Cognitive Satellite Systems provides a solid overview of the current research in the field of cooperative and cognitive satellite systems, helping users understand how to incorporate state-of-the-art communication techniques in innovative satellite network architectures to enable the next generation of satellite systems.

The book is edited and written by top researchers and practitioners in the field, providing a comprehensive explanation of current research that allows users to discover future technologies and their applications, integrate satellite and terrestrial systems and services to create innovative network architectures, understand the requirements and possibilities for future satellite communications standards and protocols, and evaluate the feasibility and practical constraints involved in the deployment process.

Provides a solid overview of the current research in the field of co-operative and cognitive satellite systemsPresents concepts in multibeam and multicarrier joint processing and high performance random access schemes Explains hybrid and dual satellite systems, cognitive broadband satellite systems, spectrum exploitation, and resource allocation

Preface Part I: Cooperative Satellite Systems 1. Multibeam Joint Detection 2.High Performance Random Access Schemes 3. Multibeam Joint Precoding 4. On-ground Signal Processing Techniques enabling efficient Amplification of Multiple Carriers 5. On-Ground Beamforming Techniques for Mobile Satellite Systems Applications 6. Cooperative Relaying in Land Mobile Satellite Network 7. User Scheduling in Cooperative Satellite Systems 8. MIMO over Satellite: No Longer a Toddler 9. Network Coding and Its Applications to Satellite Systems Part II: Cognitive Satellite Systems 10. Cognitive Radio Scenarios for Satellite Communications: The CoRaSat Project 11. Hybrid Satellite Systems Extending Terrestrial Networks Using Satellites 12. Cognitive Dual Satellite Systems 13. Cognitive Beamforming for Spectral Coexistence of Hybrid Satellite Systems 14. Use of Databases for Dynamic Spectrum Management in Cognitive Satellite Systems