Article,
Communications and networking over satellites: SatNEx experimental activities and testbeds
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, 27 (1): 1--33 (2009)
DOI: 10.1002/sat.921
Abstract
One of the aims of the SatNEx (Satellite Network of Excellence, http://www.satnex.de)
European project is to provide the scientific community that operates
on satellite communications with measurement campaign results and
evaluation tools, in order to support research activities that investigate
problems in satellite communications at different levels of the OSI
stack. In fact, the research activities developed in SatNEx address
the most relevant aspects of satellite communications, such as channel
modulation and coding schemes, access strategies, advanced networking,
end-to-end quality of service, transport performance, delay tolerant
networks, and new applications. Even if SatNEx is mainly devoted
to satellite communications, integration of satellite and terrestrial
wireless segments has also been taken into account. This paper presents
the results obtained in the specific research activity devoted to
trials and testbeds developed during the SatNEx project. The high
number of authors of this paper is an indication of the strong collaborative
work sustained, the numerous measurement campaigns, and the complexity
in developing integrated testbeds. Copyright \copyright 2008 John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
