CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Introduction
 2     Hybrid network reference architecture
        2.1     Hybrid satellite-WiFi network architecture
        2.2     Hybrid satellite-WiMAX network architecture
                  2.2.1     Hybrid satellite-WiMAX network protocol architecture
 3     IP-based satellite networks
        3.1     DVB-S2 system description
        3.2     DVB-RCS system
        3.3     DVB-RCS+M reference model
 4     Cross-layer design methodologies
        4.1     Satellite protocol stack: Example
        4.2     Cross layer protocol model
        4.3     Cross layer design approaches
                  4.3.1     Explicit cross layer design
        4.4     Cross layer protocol interactions
                  4.4.1     PHY and MAC layer interactions
                  4.4.2     PHY and network layer interactions
                  4.4.3     MAC and network layer interactions
                  4.4.4     MAC and transport layer interactions
                  4.4.5     Interactions among PHY, MAC and higher-layers
 5     Cross-layer design of IP-based satellite networks subject to rain fading
        5.1     Rain fading impact on IP-based satellite networks
 6     Satellite-cellular network
        6.1     Description of satellite connection in support of cellular system
        6.2     Circuit-based cellular system
        6.3     IP-based cellular system
 7     Conclusions
 8     References