IP Networking over Next-Generation Satellite Systems

New Architecture for Next Generation Broadband Satellite Systems: The SATSIX Approach.- Satlife: A Big Step into the Enhancement of the Regenerative Satellite Generation.- SATSIX Satellite System and Network.- Fast IP Handover Between Satellite Networks and Wireless LAN Networks for High-Speed Trains.- SATSIX Mobility Architecture and Its Performance Evaluation.- Cross-Layer Anticipation of Resource Allocation for Multimedia Applications Based on SIP Signaling over DVB-RCS Satellite System.- Radio Resource Management for Next Generation DVB-RCS Systems.- SATSIX: A Network Architecture for Next-Generation DVB-RCS Systems.- Interworking Strategy Between DVB-RCS and WiMAX.- The Satellite Communications Network of Excellence 'SatNEx' Removing Barriers, Integrating Research, Spreading Excellence.- The Use of Novel Satellite Broadcast Technologies for the Provision of Integrated Services.- Service Integration in SatLife Regenerative Network.- A Novel QoS Architecture for Next Generation Broadband Satellite Systems.- SatSix and Recent Standardisation Results in ETSI Broadband Satellite Multimedia (BSM) Networks.- IPv6 Networking over Satellite for Mobile User Groups.- Multicast Architecture for IPv6 over DVB-RCS Satellite Networks.- PLATINE: DVB-S2/RCS Enhanced Testbed for Next Generation Satellite Networks.- Overview of the SATSIX Trials.- ULE Link Layer Security for DVB Networks.- Implementing VoIP Support in a VSAT Network Based on SoftSwitch Integration.- Performance Evaluation of CRTP and Enhanced CRTP Within the DVB/RCS Context.- Secure Multicast in the Broadband Satellite Multimedia Networks.

Dr. Linghang Fan is a research fellow of the Centre for Communication Systems Research in the University of Surrey, UK. He received his B. Eng. in Automatic Control from Southeast University, China, and his M. S. and Ph. D. in Telecommunications from the University of Bradford, UK. From 1998 to 2000, he was a researcher at the University of Bradford and worked on EU projects SINUS and SUMO. In 2003, he joined the University of Surrey and worked on EU projects STRIKE, Ambient Networks, MAESTRO and SATNEX. Currently, he is working on the EU projects SATSIX and ECGIN. He has published more than forty papers in international journals and conferences. His research interests include mobile/wireless communications, mobile Internet, and communication networking.