Satellite Networking, Second Edition, Principles and Protocols by Sun, Zhili -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication List of Figures List of Tables About the Author Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Applications and Services of Satellite Networks 1.2 ITU-R Definitions of Satellite Services 1.3 ITU-T Definitions of Network Services 1.4 Internet Services and Applications 1.5 Circuit-switching Network 1.6 Packet-switching Networks 1.7 OSI/ISO Reference Model 1.8 The ATM Protocol Reference Model 1.9 Internet Protocols Reference Model 1.10 Satellite Network 1.11 Characteristics of Satellite Networks 1.12 Channel Capacity of Digital Transmissions 1.13 Internetworking with Terrestrial Networks 1.14 Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) 1.15 DVB-S Satellite Delivery 1.16 DVB Satellite—Second Generation (DVB-S2) 1.17 DVB Satellite Services to Handheld Devices (DVB-SH) 1.18 Historical Development of Computer and Data Networks 1.19 Historical Development of Satellite Communications 1.20 Convergence of Network Technologies and Protocols Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 2: Satellite Orbits and Networking Concepts

2.1 Laws of Physics 2.2 Satellite Orbit Parameters 2.3 Useful Orbits 2.4 Satellite Link Characteristics and Modulations for Transmissions 2.5 Forward Error Correction (FEC) 2.6 Multiple Access Techniques 2.7 Bandwidth Allocation 2.8 Satellite Networking Issues Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 3: B-ISDN ATM and Internet Protocols

3.1 ATM Protocol and Fundamental Concepts 3.2 ATM Layer 3.3 ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) 3.4 The Physical Layer 3.5 ATM Interfaces and ATM Networking 3.6 Network Traffic, QoS and Performance Issues 3.7 Network Resource Management 3.8 Internet Protocols 3.9 Internet Routing Protocols 3.10 Transport Layer Protocols: TCP and UDP 3.11 IP and ATM Internetworking Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 4: Satellite Internetworking with Terrestrial Networks

4.1 Networking Concepts 4.2 Networking Terminology 4.3 Network Elements and Connections 4.4 Network Traffic and Signalling 4.5 Access and Transit Transmission Networks 4.6 Digital Telephony Networks 4.7 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) 4.8 Hypothetical References for Satellite Networks 4.9 Satellites and MANET 4.10 Interworking with Heterogeneous Networks Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 5: B-ISDN ATM over Satellite Networks

5.1 Background 5.2 Design Issues of Satellite B-ISDN ATM Systems 5.3 The GEO Satellite B-ISDN ATM Networking Architecture 5.4 Advanced Satellite B-ISDN ATM Networks 5.5 B-ISDN ATM Performance 5.6 Evolution of Broadband Satellite Systems Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 6: Internet Protocol (IP) over Satellite Networks

6.1 Different Viewpoints of Satellite Networking 6.2 IP Packet Encapsulation 6.3 Satellite IP Networking 6.4 IP Multicast Over Satellite 6.5 Basic Network Security Mechanisms 6.6 Satellite Networking Security 6.7 Internet Quality of Service (IP QoS) 6.8 Integrated Services (Intserv) Architectures for QoS 6.9 Differentiated Services (Diffserv) for QoS 6.10 DVB Over Satellite 6.11 DVB-S and DVB-RCS Network Architecture 6.12 Network Protocol Stack Architecture 6.13 The Physical Layer (PHY) 6.14 Satellite MAC (SMAC) Layer 6.15 Multi Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) 6.16 Satellite Link Control Layer 6.17 Quality of Service (QoS) 6.18 Network Layer Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 7: Impact of Satellite Networks on Transport Layer Protocols

7.1 Introduction 7.2 TCP Performance Analysis 7.3 Slow-start Enhancement for Satellite Networks 7.4 Loss Recovery Enhancement 7.5 Enhancements for Satellite Networks Using Interruptive Mechanisms 7.6 Impacts on Applications 7.7 Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) 7.8 Voice over IP Further Readings Exercises

Chapter 8: Next Generation Internet (NGI) over Satellite

8.1 Introduction 8.2 New Services and Applications 8.3 Traffic Modelling and Characterisation 8.4 The Nature of Internet Traffic 8.5 Traffic Engineering 8.6 Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) 8.7 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Further Readings Exercises

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