SPACOMM 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Advances in Satellite and Space Communications

Type: conference

Notes: IARIA Conference.

Editors:
Timothy Pham, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/ California Institute of Technology, USA
Krishna Pande, ICST and EE, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan
Peng Deng, The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), USA
Emmanouel Michailidis, University of Piraeus, Greece

ISSN: 2308-4480

ISBN: 978-1-61208-624-8

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from April 22, 2018 to April 26, 2018

Articles: there are 16 articles

Multi-User Scheduling for Narrow Band Internet of Things
Shu-Feng Cheng, Hsin-An Hou, Li-Chun Wang, Kai-Ten Feng, and Jen-Yuan Hsu
keywords: NB-IoT; Scheduling; Resource allocation

Realizing Challenging Internet of Things Applications via Aerospace Infrastructures
Emmanouel T. Michailidis, Stelios M. Potirakis, and Athanasios G. Kanatas
keywords: High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs); Internet of Things (IoT); satellite networks; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

Optimal Relay Location and Oppοrtunistic User-Scheduling for Stratospheric Communications
Emmanouel T. Michailidis, Nikolaos Nomikos, Petros Bithas, Demosthenes Vouyioukas, and Athanasios G. Kanatas
keywords: Generalized Gamma (GG) fading; High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs); Multi-User (MU); oppurtunistic scheduling; outage probability; relay location.

28 GHz Monolithic Transmitter on GaN Chip for 5G Application
Rajinikanth Yella, Krishna Pande, Ke Horng Chen, and Edward Chang
keywords: Yagi antenna;Filter; Mixer;Power amplifier; 5G.

Leveraging Commercial Software-Defined Radio for Low Cost Deep Space Testing
Timothy Pham and Leslie White
keywords: SDR; RF Test Capability; Uchinoura; Morehead State University Ground Station

Web-based Geographical Information System for Real-time Flood Monitoring of the River Arachthos in Epirus Region, Greece
Stavros Kolios, Petros Karvelis, and Chrysostomos Stylios
keywords: river floods; early-warning; monitoring; WebGIS

Software Quality Test Method of Satellite Control System Using Software Test Automation System
Cheol Oh Jeong, Byoung-Sun Lee, In Jun Kim, Yoola Hwang, and Soojeon Lee
keywords: Test, Satellite Control System (SCS); Static Test; Dynamic Test; Test Automation System; Coverage.

The Effect of Radar Cross Section and Speed of Target on the Detection of MIMO Radar
Raed Daraghma
keywords: MIMO Radar; Target Localization; Parallel Factor (PARAFC); Direction of Arrival.

GPS AOA Estimation Technique Based on a Null Despreader
Suk-seung Hwang
keywords: Global Positioning System; Angle-of-Arrival; null despreader; Multiple Signal Classification; beamforming

Design of S band Cylindrical Waveguide Slot Omnidirectional Antenna
Zhengxin Fang
keywords: cylindrical waveguide slot array; omnidirectional; broadband; antenna.

Design of an UWB Meter-wave Oblique Polarized Array Antenna
Jia Fang, Hao Qin, and Yongdong Zang
keywords: ultral-wideband; log-periodic antenna; fractal; 45deg oblique polarized.

Outage Probability of Triple-Hop Mixed RF/FSO/RF Stratospheric Communication Systems
Emmanouel T. Michailidis, Nikolaos Nomikos, Petros Bithas, Demosthenes Vouyioukas, and Athanasios G. Kanatas
keywords: Atmospheric turbulence; beam wander; Free- Space-Optical (FSO) communications; High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs); outage probability; pointing errors; Rician channels.

Generation and Propagation Characteristics Analysis Through Atmosphere of Gaussian-Bessel-correlated Schell-model Beam
Zeyu Zhou and Xiuhua Yuan
keywords: GBSM; generation; turbulence; propagation

Application of Aperture Truncated Airy Beams in Free Space Optical Communications
Minghao Wang, Xiuhua Yuan, Peng Deng, Wei Yao, and Timothy Kane
keywords: space optical communications; Airy beam; truncated Airy beams; beam propagation; scintillation index

Reliable Routing and Spectrum Allocation Over Network Coding Enabled Elastic Optical Networks
Xin Wang, Yuefeng Ji, and Lin Bai
keywords: reliable RSA; hybrid services;multipath; network coding; EON

Free Space Optical Communication Networks
Peng Deng, Tim Kane, Xiuhua Yuan, Minghao Wang, and Wentao Xia
keywords: free space optical communication; small satellties, CubeSats; optical antenna; MEMS; beam steering; acquisition, tracking and pointing; spatial diversity; beam shaping.