1. Editorial: Special Issue on ``Broadband Mobile Terrestrial-Satellite Integrated Systems''

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 97 - 98

2. Transceiver Front-End Technology for Software Radio Implementation of Wideband Satellite Communication Systems

   • Fred Daneshgaran
   • Massimiliano Laddomada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 121

3. DSP-Based Satellite CDMA Modem: A Low Complexity Implementation

   • Andrea Conti
   • Davide Dardari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 139

4. Introducing the Adaptive-QoS Idea into Multi-Tier UMTS Systems: The Lessons Learned

   • A. Iera
   • A. Molinaro
   • S. Marano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 169

5. Outage Perforformance of Power Controlled DS-CDMA Wireless Systems with Heterogeneous Traffic Sources

   • Carlo Fischione
   • Fabio Graziosi
   • Fortunato Santucci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 187

6. QoS Handover Management in LEO/MEO Satellite Systems

   • E. Papapetrou
   • F.-N. Pavlidou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 204

7. Performance Characterization of Wireless Multimedia through Heterogeneous Terrestrial-Satellite Network

   • Andrea Conti
   • Andrea Giorgetti
   • Francesco Tarantola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 218

8. IP Based User Mobility in Heterogeneous Wireless Satellite-Terrestrial Networks

   • Matthias Holzbock

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 232

9. Layered Video and Differentiated Coding for Adaptive QoS in Mixed Wired-Satellite Networks

   • Lorenzo Favalli
   • Francesco Tarantola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 248

10. Perspectives of QoS Management Based on QoAS for 3G Communication Systems

    • R. Lojacono
    • M. Re
    • S. Sangiovanni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 273

11. Performance of Hybrid ARQ Schemes for the Mobile LEO Satellite Channel

    • F. Babich
    • E. Valentinuzzi
    • F. Vatta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 289

12. Integration of a HAP within a Terrestrial UMTS Network: Interference Analysis and Cell Dimensioning

    • Emanuela Falletti
    • Marina Mondin
    • David Grace

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 325

13. Scalable, Hybrid Optical-RF Wireless Communication System for Broadband and Multimedia Service to Fixed and Mobile Users

    • J. Farserotu
    • G. Kotrotsios
    • A. Prasad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 339

14. Preliminary Flight Test Program on Telecom and Broadcasting Using High Altitude Platform Stations

    • Ryu Miura
    • Mikio Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 361