Berthou Pascal - Satellite and Terrestrial Hybrid Networks

1. 3: Quality of Service in Dvb-S/Rcs Satellite Networks
2. 4: Integration of Satellites Into IMS QoS Architecture
3. 5: Inter-System Mobility
4. 6: The Transport Layer in Hybrid Networks

1. 1: Satellite and Terrestrial Hybrid Networks
2. 2: Quality of Service on Nextgeneration Terrestrial Networks
3. 3: Quality of Service in Dvb-S/Rcs Satellite Networks
4. 4: Integration of Satellites Into IMS QoS Architecture
5. 5: Inter-System Mobility
6. 6: The Transport Layer in Hybrid Networks

Michel Diaz

First published 2015 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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ISBN 978-1-84821-541-2

This book is the outcome of a collaboration between researchers and engineers working in the field of satellite telecommunications. Many of the works cited in the book come from research projects funded by the European Union (SATIP6 and SatSix projects), by the French government through the AESE competitiveness cluster (Ourses project), as well as several studies funded by the National Center for Space Studies (CNES), all of whom I would like to thank for their support. Four theses have been supported during the writing of this book and have made significant contributions to it.

Contributions to this book

1. Chapter 1:
   1. Patrick Glard (CNES)
   2. Emmanuel Dubois (CNES)
2. Chapters 2 and 3:
   1. Olivier Alphand (INP-Ensimag)
3. Chapters 4 and 5:
   1. Cdric Baudoin (Thales)
   2. Frdric Nivor (Thesis)
   3. Baptiste Jacquemin (Thesis)
4. Chapter 6:
   1. Fabrice Planchou (Airbus Defense and Space)
   2. Ihsane Tou (Algerian Space Agency)
   3. Lionel Bertaux (Thesis)

Many thanks to them,

Pascal BERTHOU

Once the concept of integrated service appeared with integrated services digital networks (ISDN), the growing adoption of Internet-based technologies into our daily lives has given rise to the concept of convergence. This is the idea of the progressive merging of information technology, telecommunications and audiovisual technologies into a new and continuously more integrated industry, making the access to the information system more intuitive and easy to use.

Indeed, it appears that the emergence of the digitization and bundling of information was the driving force behind various types of convergence. These range from different uses to diversified points of access, channeling services and networks towards a virtualization of physical infrastructures. Today, digital information flows exchanged via telecommunication infrastructures have become such that it is no longer possible to distinguish an exchange of digital information from a telephone conversation or a message containing audiovisual multimedia content.

This shockwave, which continues to increase the flexibility of the various layers of the information and communication systems, inevitably leads to changes in the structure of economic models, causing significant alterations in the value chain between telecommunications, audiovisual and information industries.

The world of satellite communications has not been spared the effects of this upheaval, and to respond to these changes, stakeholders in the satcom sector have been examining the interconnection of satellite radio communications with new information and communication technologies. This is the subject which this book will address, providing a highly didactic study of the various technical challenges involved in achieving the most transparent integration possible on the different fronts of fixed, mobile and broadcast services with satellite positioning as a core network as well as an access and local network.

The infrastructure for satellite telecommunication has needed to evolve in order to carry various types of traffic and be compatible with frequently updated service offers in an increasingly competitive context. Obviously, the aspect of telecommunication regarding the quality of service looking to offer users the best quality of experience occupies a special place in this book, and is accompanied by the various technical obstacles to overcome. These include the impacts on the processes for transporting information and communication to mobiles or the new generation of satellite access and diffusion architecture.

This book clearly highlights the various essential aspects to connect satellite communications with the system of new generation terrestrial networks. It provides a detailed insight of a wide range of problems raised by this quest for integration and in doing so represents a unique source of information for those who need to understand the technical challenges which satellite communication networks need to overcome.

The authors, all members of the Internet generation, have spent years actively contributing, through their research, to producing solutions to these technical problems which have influenced the development of the technologies they describe.

Patrick GLARD
July 2015