Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems [Paperback]

Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems publishes the proceedings of the 2006 Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications. The book focuses on the integration of communication and navigation systems in satellites.Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems publishes the proceedings of the 2006 Tyrrhenian International Workshop on Digital Communications. The book focuses on the integration of communication and navigation systems in satellites.Trends of Communications and Navigation System Integration.- Network Centric Operations: The Role of Satellite Communications.- Comparison and Integration of GPS and SAR Data.- Integration of Navigation and Communication for Location and Context Aware RRM.- Convergence of Networks: An Aerospace-Friendly Strategic Vision.- The Monitor Project: A GNSS Based Platform for Land Monitoring and Civil Engineering Applications.- The Galileo C-Band Uplink for Integrity and Navigation Data.- A GPS/EGNOS Local Element Integrated with the VHF Communication Infrastructure Under Development in the POP-ART Project.- Optical Intersatellite Links Made Easier and Affordable by Precision 3D Spacecraft Localization via GPS/GNSS Constellations.- Navigation Satellite Technologies.- A Satellite for the Galileo Mission.- Galileo Rubidium Standard and Passive Hydrogen Maser Current Status and New Development.- China-Europe Co-Operation Agreements for Navigation: SART and LRR Developments.- The Impact of the Galileo Signal in Space in the Acquisition System.- The Aalborg GPS Software Defined Radio Receiver.- Ephemeris Interpolation Techniques for Assisted GNSS Services.- GNSS Based Attitude Determination Systems for High Altitude Platforms.- Galileo IOV System Initialization and LCVTT Technique Exploitation.- Impact of Atmosphere Turbulence on Satellite Navigation Signals.- GIOVE-A SIS Experimentation and Receiver Validation: Laboratory Activities at ESTEC.- Overview of Galileo Receivers.- Performance Assessment of the TurboDLLl³­