Satellite networks offer a number of desirable characteristics including wide area coverage, unique broadcast capabilities, the ability to communicate with hand-held devices, and low cost-per-minute access time, among others. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are expected to support multimedia traffic and to provide their users with the appropriate Quality of Service (QoS). However, the limited ...

This paper will describe the Energetics Satellite Locating Service (ESLS) which is a unique, patented, proprietary satellite based geolocation system. This system called SAT/TRAC for Satellite Tracking, Ranging and Communications may be used to quickly determine the present location within 50 feet of any person, vehicle or object that is equipped with a ESLS low power transmitter. This technolo...

BACKGROUND The increasing availability of online maps, satellite imagery, and digital technology can ease common constraints of survey sampling in low- and middle-income countries. However, existing approaches require specialised software and user skills, professional GPS equipment, and/or commercial data sources; they tend to neglect spatial sampling considerations when using satellite maps; a...

This paper emphasises on the implementation of the flow control and resource allocation mechanisms of the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer of GPRS. Also, its design for adaptability to the satellite network has been considered. In addition, the two systems have been compared in terms of transmission-time, for different data sizes. The results obtained show a lot of promise for satellite based ...

Routing algorithm plays a critical role in determining the performance and reliability of a satellite network. Since the resources in satellite networks are constrained, it is a big challenge to find paths that satisfy all QoS requirements in a low cost for satellite network users. In this paper, a novel routing scheme together with two multi objective optimization routing algorithms-prior orde...

Compared with Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite systems and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite systems, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite systems provide lower propagation delay as well as higher throughput. Because of these reasons, LEO satellite systems can play a pivotal role in providing services to areas where there is no substantial terrestrial infrastructure. In this paper, a novel kind ...

Reliable drought monitoring requires long-term and continuous precipitation data. High resolution satellite measurements provide valuable precipitation information on a quasi-global scale. However, their short lengths of records limit their applications in drought monitoring. In addition to this limitation, long-term low resolution satellite-based gauge-adjusted data sets such as the Global Pre...

In recent years, acquiring information of remote sensing data, especially satellite data has excessively increased and several methods are presented in order to improve the quality of remote sensing studies in earth sciences. It is possible to manage many projects and provide different types of thematic maps in a short period of time, and a low cost by utilizing satellite data and GIS method. R...

in recent years, acquiring information of remote sensing data, especially satellite data has excessively increased and several methods are presented in order to improve the quality of remote sensing studies in earth sciences. it is possible to manage many projects and provide different types of thematic maps in a short period of time, and a low cost by utilizing satellite data and gis method. r...

A satellite communications system is based on antennas in a stable orbit above the earth. Satellites serve as relay stations in the sky. The basic idea of satellite communications is that two stations on earth discuss via one or more satellites. So a little bit of satellite-related terminology: 1. Earth station is an antenna on or near the surface of the earth. 2. Uplink is a transmission from ...