Secondary topics
Value added services and future systems
· IP over satellite and heterogeneous networks
· Ka-band and emerging frequency bands
· Wireless or Satellite-based Emergency service assistance and disaster recovery
· Wireless or Satellite-based large-scale sensor-networks and Multisensor data fusion
· Wireless or Satellite-based smart power grids
· Wireless or Satellite-based remote eHealth
· Wireless or Satellite-based sensing and data mining
· Wireless or Satellite-based weather forecast
· Wireless or Satellite-based earthquake surveillance
· Wireless or Satellite-based environmental surveillance
· Wireless or Satellite-based Multimodel surveillance
· IT application in Space Communications
· Inter-planetary exploration
Geographic Information and applications
· Geographic information systems
· Earth observation
· Global positioning systems
· Digital terrain modeling
· Principles of GNSS, inertial and multi-sensor integrated navigation systems
· GNSS applications
· Spectrum systems for GNSS
· GNSS devices for weak signals
· Wireless positioning technologies and applications
· Modern tracking systems
· Satellite navigation (GPS, Galileo, augmentation systems)
· Visibility analysis of a satellite, or satellite constellation
Convergence of Satellite System and Emerging Technologies
· Convergence with Terrestrial, Wireless Access, and Sensor Networks
· Cooperative/distributed network architectures
· Quantum satellite communications
· Convergence with optical networks
· Terrestrial-airborne-space integration
· Unmanned aerial vehicles, navigation and satellite communications