Special Issue on Advances in Satellite Communications toward Multimedia Era =========================================================================== . FOREWORD .......................................................... 1 Yasuhiko ITO and Shuichi SAMEJIMA INVITED PAPER ============= . Key Aspects and Technologies of Satellite Communications toward Multimedia Era .................................................... 3 Fumio TAKAHATA PAPERS ====== [Modem and Coding] . Fully Digital Burst Modem for Satellite Multimedia Communication Systems ........................................................... 8 Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Tetsu SAKATA, Yoichi MATSUMOTO, and Shuji KUBOTA . Offset QPSK Simultaneous Carrier and Bit-Timing Recovery Scheme --Agile Acquisition overSatellite Communication Channels-- ....... 16 Yoichi MATSUMOTO . A New AFC Circuit Employing Double-Product Type Frequency Discriminator in Very-Low CNR Environments ....................... 25 Nobuaki MOCHIZUKI, Takatoshi SUGIYAMA, and Masahiro UMEHIRA . A Novel ST-DFT based M-ary FSK Demodulation Method --Frequency Sequence Estimation-- for LEO Satellite Communications ........... 33 Attapol WANNASARNMAYTHA, Shinsuke HARA, and Norihiko MORINAGA . Acquisition Performance of a DS/CDMA System in a Mobile Satellite Environment ...................................................... 40 Jin Young KIM and Jae Hong LEE . A Class of Block Coded Modulation Schemes for Satellite Communications ................................................... 49 Huan-Bang LI, Tetsushi IKEGAMI, and Hiromitsu WAKANA [Protocol] . Performance of Type-I Hybrid Selective-Repeat ARQ with Finite Buffer on Fading Channels ............................................... 59 Hirokazu TANAKA and Katsumi SAKAKIBARA . Periodic Reservation for Mobile Satellite Position Reporting Services ......................................................... 67 Hiroyuki MORIKAWA, Yoshiyuki MIZUI, and Moriyuki MIZUMACHI . Throughput Improvement of CDMA Slotted ALOHA Systems ............. 74 Masato SAITO, Hiraku OKADA, Takeshi SATO, Takaya YAMAZATO, Masaaki KATAYAMA,and Akira OGAWA . Performance Evaluation of VEEC: The Virtual Execution Environment Control for a Remote Knowledge Base Access ....................... 81 Yoshitaka FUJIWARA, Shin-ichiro OKADA, Hiroyuki TAKADOI, Toshiharu MATSUNISHI,and Hiroshi OHKAMA [System Technology] . Time-Dependent GES Assignment Method for Non-GSO Satellite Systems ......................................................... 87 Noriyuki ARAKI and Hideyuki SHINONAGA . Double-Layered Inclined Orbit Constellation for Advanced Satellite Communications Network ........................................... 93 Kazuhiro KIMURA, Keizo INAGAKI, and Yoshio KARASAWA . A Satellite Communication System for Interactive Multimedia Networks ........................................................ 103 Masayoshi NAKAYAMA, Manabu NAKAGAWA, Youichi HASHIMOTO, Kazunori TANAKA,and Hiroshi NAKASHIMA Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Communication Networks and Services] . A Multi-Segment Bandwidth Reservation Protocol for a DQDB Subnetwork ........................................................ 109 Yukuo HAYASHIDA, Manabu IKEGAMI, and Nobuyuki SUGIMACHI [Switching and Communication Processing] . A Study on a Hybrid Dilated Banyan Network ...................... 116 Komain PIBULYAROJANA, Shigetomo KIMURA, and Yoshihiko EBIHARA . A Software-Based ATM Interface Card and Its Evaluation .......... 127 Yoshiaki TAKABATAKE, Mikio HASHIMOTO, Taketoshi TSUJITA, Junichi TAKEDA,and Yasuro SHOBATAKE [Communication Cable and Wave Guides] . Photopatterned Polymer Multimode 8~8 Star Couplers: Comparative Design Methodologies and Device Measurements .................... 135 Igor ILICL, Robert SCARMOZZINO, Richard M. OSGOOD, Jr., James T. YARDLEY, Karl W. BEESON,Michael J. McFARLAND, and Kelly M.T. STENGEL [Mobile Communication] . An Effective CDMA Multi-User Detection Scheme-Orthogonal Decision-Feedback Detection and Its Performance Analysis ........ 145 Xiao Hua CHEN, Hak Keong SIM, and Pang Shyan KOOI . Trellis Coded 8PSK Modulation with Diversity on Spatially Correlated Rayleigh Fading Channel ......................................... 156 Gunawan WIBISONO and Iwao SASASE [Antennas and Propagation] . Implementation of a Digital Sginal Processor in a DBF Self-Beam-Steering Arrray Antenna ............................... 166 Toyohisa TANAKA, Ryu MIURA, and Yoshio KARASAWA [Electronic and Radio Applications] . Simulation-Based Error Analysis for the Path-Averaged Rainfall Rate Estimated from the Rain Attenuation ............................. 176 Yuji OHSAKI and Hiroshi KUROIWA LETTERS ======= [Communication Networks and Services] . Real-Time Supporting Environments for Multimedia Networking ..... 182 Man Sang CHUNG, Fumito SATO, and Osamu MIYAGISHI [Switching and Communication Processing] . A simple Cell Spacer Architecture Regenerating Source Cell Interval for Multiple Traffic Classes .................................... 187 Kohei SHIOMOTO and Naoaki YAMANAKA . Spread Omega Network for High Speed Packet Switcing ............. 192 H.C. Lee and C.M. KYUNG [Communication Cable and Wave Guides] . An Easily-Assembled Optical Device for Coupling Single-Mode Planar Waveguides to a Fiber Array Employing Novel Plastic Plug Components ........................................................ 196 Masaaki TAKAYA, Mitsuru KIHARA, and Shinji NAGASAWA [Communication Device and Circuit] . Blind Algorithm for Decision Feedback Equalizer ................. 200 Bo Seok SEO, Jae Hyok LEE, and Choong Woong LEE . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J80-B-I, J80-B-II, No.1 in Japanese) ........................................................ 205