First Announcement and Call for Papers
10-11 July 2003
ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
The European Space Agency (ESA), European Commission (EC) and Advanced
Satellite Mobile Systems Task Force (ASMS-TF) are organising the First
International Conference on Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems (ASMS Conference
2003). The Conference will be held on 10-11 July 2003 at ESRIN in Frascati (Italy).
The increasing relevance of satellite mobile communications, their convergence with terrestrial mobile systems, broadcasting systems and multimedia applications, will form the framework for this first ASMS Conference.
The goal is to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the different aspects related with advanced satellite mobile communications, from the market perspective to recent advances in R&D..
There will be opportunity for the demonstration of relevant projects, technologies and trials.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
1.
Mobile satellite technology R&D
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Satellite system architectures and studies
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Broadband applications
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Multicasting and broadcasting to mobile terminals
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Space segment technologies
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Standard and flexible terminals
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Propagation modelling and experiments
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Mobile terminal antennas
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QoS provision and management
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Mobile IP for satellite networks
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Transport protocols for Internet via satellite
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Resource management
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Access layer issues
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DSP for space communications
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High order modulation techniques
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Synchronization techniques
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Interference mitigation techniques
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Adaptive modulation and coding for satellite
 communications
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Advanced coding and iterative decoding techniques
Multiple access techniques and system capacity
2.
Market issues
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Market and business analysis for satellite mobile communication systems
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User requirements
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Services and applications
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Integration of navigation and communications
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Integration of fixed and mobile satellite networks
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Integration of mobile satcoms and terrestrial cellular networks
3.
Regulatory and standardisation issues
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Spectrum requirements evaluation: methodology and results
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Interference and compatibility studies
4.
Trials and demonstrations
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Terminal Standards
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Interoperability with terrestrial systems
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Use of terrestrial repeaters
The Conference will feature:
 Lectures by invited speakers
 Contributed papers
 Poster papers, exhibits, trials and demonstrations
Presentations will be accepted on the basis of abstracts of 600-800 words and may be submitted by using the on-line web form ( http://www.esa.int/conferences/asms03 ).
The Abstract should consist outline the work to be presented, the objectives and the achieved results.
Selection of papers will be made on the basis of originality and clarity of the ideas presented and relevance to advance satellite mobile communications.
Authors will be notified of the selection of their contribution by 15 April 2003 .
Authors whose abstracts have been accepted will receive further instructions for the preparation of their final paper.

The Proceedings will be available at the Conference. It is essential that all manuscripts be with the Conference Secretariat by 15 May 2003 at the latest.
The Conference Advance Programme containing also details of the Registration procedure and Local Arrangements will be issued in May 2003 .
First Announcement and Call for Papers
Abstracts deadline
Notification to authors
Second Announcement and Advance Programme
Full paper due (electronic version)
Conference
Emanuele d’Andria (Chairman, ASMS-TF)
Pietro Lo Galbo (ESA, ESTEC)
Bernard Barani (EC, Brussels)
ESTEC Conference Bureau ASMS 2003
P.O. Box 299
2200 AG Noordwijk
The Netherlands
E-mail: confburo@esa.int
Tel: +31 71 5655005
Fax: +31 71 5655658
15 February 2003
15 March 2003
15 April 2003
01 May 2003
15 May 2003
10-11 July 2003