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May 1987, Volume SAC-5, Number 4
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS TOWARD THE YEAR 2000
Guest Editor -- Robert K. Kwan
Guest Associate Editor -- Geoffrey Hyde

Guest Editorial -- Satellite Communications Toward the Year 2000
Robert K. Kwan


PAPERS
Satellite Sceanrios and Technology for the 1990's
C. E. Mahle, G. Hyde, and T. Inukai

The Challenge of 21st Century Satellite Communications: INTELSAT Enters the Second Millennium
J. N. Pelton and W. W. Wu

INMARSAT and the Future of Mobile Satellite Services
A. Ghais, G. Berzins, and D. Wright

The Evolution of the Geostationary Platform Concept
B. I. Edelson, R. R. Lovell, and C. L. Cuccia

The Future of Satellite Communications in Europe
P. Bartholome

Japan's Space Development Programs for Communications: An Overview
T. Mori and T. Iida

An Adaptive Multiple Beam System Concept
S. Egami and M. Kawai

A Reliable Pipline Protocol for the Message Service of a Land Mobile Satellite Experiment
Y.-Y. Yan and V. O. K. Li

A PSK Group Modem for Satellite Communications
F. Takahata, M. Yasunaga, Y. Hirata, T. Ohsawa, and J. Namiki

An Optimum Traffic Loading to Intersatellite Links
F. Takahata

Time-Multiplexed Analog Transmission of Three Broadcast-Quality Television Channels Through One Satellite Transponder
Y.-S. Kao and L.-N. Lee

Onboard Digital Signal Processing Technologies for Present and Future TDMA and SCPC Systems
S. Kato, T. Arita, and K. Morita

The Maritime Satellite Communication Channel -- Channel Model, Performance of Modulation and Coding
J. Hagenauer, F. Dolainsky, E. Lutz, W. Papke, and R. Schweikert

Orbital Diversity in Resource-Shared Satellite Communication Systems Above 10 GHz
E. Matricciani

Coding for Satellite Communication
W. W. Wu, D. Haccoun, R. Peile, and Y. Hirata

An Advanced Geostationary Communications Platform
T. A. Hawkes, W. Clopp, and J. Lekan


CALLS FOR PAPERS
Quality After the Sale for the Communications Community
Fiber Optic Local and Metropolitan Area Networks