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The paper addresses some issues related to Satellite Personal Communication Networks (S‐PCNs). The role of satellite communications in that scenario is discussed, and some characteristics of S‐PCNs are identified. In addition, the problem of the integration of S‐PCNs with the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) is considered. In this respect an original methodology for accomplishing such integration is proposed; such methodology aims at avoiding complex protocol conversions at the interfaces between the terrestrial and the satellite segment. The paper is partly based upon the work performed by the authors in the framework of the European Community INSURED Project “INtegrated Satellite UMTS Real Environment Demonstrator”.
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Ananasso, F., Delli Priscoli, F. Satellite systems for personal communication networks. Wireless Networks 4, 155–165 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019143703997
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