This book originated in the regular meetings of several of the contributors scientists of such diverse disciplines as philosophy, anthropology, ethics, physics, methodology, and quantum mechanics. During these meetings, the basic themes that are represented in the book were discussed. The meetings were organised as part of the activities of the research community “The construction of Integratin...

In a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite mobile multimedia system, the multiple access scheme should be capable of supporting the necessary features that would facilitate the provision of multimedia services. Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) is an attractive multiple access scheme for mobile multimedia communications based on LEO satellites. In this paper, the performance of WCDMA sys...