Research and Development Issues of Satellite Communications Systems for Large Scale Disaster Relief

Naoto KADOWAKI  Takashi TAKAHASHI  Maki AKIOKA  Yoshiyuki FUJINO  Morio TOYOSHIMA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E95-B   No.11   pp.3378-3384
Publication Date: 2012/11/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.3378
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Satellite Communication Technologies in Conjunction with Main Topics of JC-SAT2011)
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Keyword: 
disaster relief,  satellite communications,  broadband,  mobile communications,  channelizer,  

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Summary: 
It is well known that satellite communications systems are effective and essential communication infrastructure for disaster relief. NICT sent researchers to Tsunami stricken area in March right after the Great East Japan Earthquake and provided broadband satellite communications link to support rescue activities. Through this experience, we learned many kinds of requirements of communications for such purposes. In this paper, we list up the requirements and report what kind of satellite communications technologies are needed, and research and development issues.