Theory and Applications

• Multiple access strategies
• Networking and radio resource management
  
• Coding, modulation and synchronization schemes
• MIMO & diversity techniques
• Fading and interference mitigation techniques
• Antennas and user terminals technologies
• Propagation measurements and channel models
• On board processing
• Distortion countermeasures
• Operational experience with existing satellite systems
• Demonstrations and trials

Systems and Architectures

• Advanced satellite systems design
• Next generation mobile satellite systems
• Broadband satellite systems
• Multimedia mobile broadcasting
• Integration between satellite and terrestrial networks
• Integration between telecommunication and navigation systems
• High altitude platforms and satellite based airborne systems
• Ad-hoc and wireless sensor networks
• Satellite and deep space communications
• Navigation (GPS, Galileo, Glonass, terrestrial based)
• Remote sensing, radar, and sonar
• Regulatory aspects and spectrum requirements
• Standardization and regulatory issues
• Business and market analysis of satellite communication systems

Important dates

 Submission deadline:         1 March 2008

 Acceptance notice:             15 April 2008

 Final manuscript due:         15 June 2008

Special Sessions

Submission of proposals for special/panel sessions on hot topics should be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

by January 15, 2008

Tutorials

Submission of proposals for Tutorials on fundamental topics should be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

by February 15, 2008

Exhibitions

Live demonstrations and exhibition stands are welcome in the conference technical areas. Proposals should be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

by March 15, 2008

Conference Venue

The conference will be held at the Hotel Savoia Regency in Bologna, Italy. Bologna, the hometown of Guglielmo Marconi, is the regional capital of Emilia Romagna, lying midway between Venice and Florence and at a close distance to Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello. Bologna preserves traces of its past culture and the imprinting of Italian medieval magnificence. World famous for its cuisine and its two towers Asinelli and Garisenda, Bologna is animated by a cosmopolitan culture nurtured by its University, founded in 1088 and oldest in the Western World, which gained the city its name of “Bologna la Dotta” (the learned town)