When regarding the inherent uncertainty of differentiated services requirements as well as
the non-uniform spatial distribution of capacity requests, it is essential to flexibility adjust …

The increasing demand for high-rate broadcast and multicast services over satellite
networks has pushed for the development of high throughput satellites characterized by a …

Multibeam satellite systems offer flexibility that aims at efficiently reusing the available
spectrum. To fully exploit the flexibility advantages, the payload resources—transmit power …

Security threats introduced due to the vulnerability of the transmission medium may hinder
the proliferation of Ka band multibeam satellite systems for civil and military data …

Multibeam satellite systems (MSS) enable transmission flexibility and spatial diversity while
efficiently reusing the scarce spectrum resource. However, as spectrum reuses tend to …

Beam hopping (BH) is the key technology to improve the system throughput and decrease
the transmission delay in multibeam satellite systems. The objective of this study is to find a …

Satellite communications play an indispensable role in serving aviation user. However,
since the number of satellite beams is much less than the number of users, aviation users …

Power consumption is a major limitation in the downlink of multibeam satellite systems,
since it has a significant impact on the mass and lifetime of the satellite. In this context, we …

The advent of technologies allowing the implementation of flexible satellite payloads is
opening up great opportunities to efficiently cope with non-uniform traffic conditions. The …

By interconnecting satellites in the sky with ground stations on earth, space-terrestrial
networks can extend the coverage area and increase the throughput for both commercial …