CALL FOR PAPERS
             IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 

                    BROADBAND IP NETWORKS VIA SATELLITES

   Satellite systems have been an important element of telecommunications
   networks for many years serving, in particular, long distance
   telephony and television broadcasting. The involvement of satellite in
   IP networks is a direct result of new trends in global
   telecommunications where Internet traffic will hold a dominant share
   in the total network traffic. The large geographical coverage of the
   satellite footprint and its unique broadcasting capabilities as well
   as its high-capacity channel combined with readily available Ka Band
   spectrum will retain satellite systems as an irreplaceable part of
   communications systems, despite the high cost and long development and
   launching cycle of a satellite system.

   This issue of the Journal on Selected Areas in Communications is
   devoted to the numerous research activities toward realization of the
   global broadband Internet access via satellite networks. The issue
   aims to gather state-of-the-art technical papers outlining the
   research and progress in the field of satellite IP in detail. The
   papers are solicited from key industries and small business users,
   DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcast - Return Channel System), in-flight
   Internet systems, and other forms of Internet access through satellite
   as well as from academia working on networking, mobility management,
   quality of service, database management and caching, and physical
   channel.

   Papers describing all aspects of realization of IP services through
   satellites at all layers of the network stack are solicited.
   Specifically, papers are solicited in the following areas, but not
   limited to:

     * Emerging satellite systems and architectures
     * Satellite role in 3G and beyond for wireless IP
     * IP protocols for satellite
     * Satellite routing management
     * Location and mobility management for satellites
     * Satellite network control and management
     * TCP/IP performance over satellite
     * Hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks
     * Modulation schemes for satellite IP networks
     * Satellite/terrestrial resource allocation algorithms
     * Link performance models for satellite channel
     * Reservation protocols for satellite access
     * Internet services over satellite and in-flight Internet
     * Standards status (ITU, ETSI, TIA, IETF, ...)

   Prospective authors should prepare their manuscript in accordance with
   the IEEE J-SAC format described in the Information for Authors.
   Authors wishing to submit papers should send an electronic version
   (PDF format) to Abbas Jamalipour at a.jamalipour@ieee.org according to
   the following timetable.

   Manuscript Submission:   December 2, 2002
   Acceptance Notification: May 1, 2003
   Final Manuscript Due:    July 1, 2003
   Publication:             1st Quarter 2004

   Abbas Jamalipour
   School of Electrical and
   Information Engineering
   University of Sydney
   Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
   Tel: +61 2 9351 2843
   Fax: +61 2 9351 3847
   a.jamalipour@ieee.org Satchandi N. Verma
   TRW
   Satellite Communication Grp
   One Space Park
   Redondo Beach, CA 90278
   Tel: +1 310 812 1742
   Fax: +1 310 813 4692
   Satchandi.Verma@trw.com Jason Neale
   EMS Technologies
   Space & Electronics Grp
   21025 Trans Canada Highway
   Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue
   Quebec, Canada, H9X 3R2
   Tel: +1 514 457 2150
   Fax: +1 514 425 3016
   neale.j@ems-t.ca

   Mario Marchese
   CNIT
   Italian National Consortium
   of Telecommunications
   University of Genoa Research Unit
   Via Opera Pia 13
   16145 Genova, Italy
   Tel: +39 010 3532806
   Fax: +39 010 3532154
   mario.marchese@cnit.it Haitham S. Cruickshank
   Centre for Commun Systems Research
   School of Electronics, Computing,
   and Mathematics
   University of Surrey
   Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
   Tel: +44 1483 686007
   Fax: +44 1483 686011
   H.Cruickshank@surrey.ac.uk