Applications

• Internet over satellite (IPoS)
• Voice over IP over satellite (VoIPoS)
• Digital audio broadcasting (DAB)
• MPEG2-coded three-dimensional television (3DTV)

Communication aspects

• Design of an integrated satellite network architecture
• Satellite beam scheduling
• On-board signal regeneration
• Adaptive modulation techniques
• Coding
• Error control and concealment
• Multiple access
• Traffic flow control and modelling
• Resource planning and management
• Quality of service
• Security

Theoretical issues

• Development of a satellite network with a new methodology of systems engineering
• Definition of performance-cost tradeoff criteria for the satisfaction of QoS requirements
• Disaster recovery of a system