This paper gives an overview of how certain meteorological data used in studies of the population dynamics of arthropod vectors of disease may be predicted using remotely sensed, satellite data. Details are given of the stages of processing necessary to convert digital data arising from satellite sensors into ecologically meaningful information. Potential sources of error in these processing st...

The standardization of a Return Channel via Satellite and the satellite community efforts in term of interoperability over the last few years stands for major milestones in the development of reliable, efficient and low cost satellite equipments. It leads to quite a positive outcome: geostationary satellite networks are expected to play a decisive role in bridging the existing digital divide th...

Geostationary satellite networks are currently considered as one of the most promising broadband access network technology for narrowing the digital divide. Though technically attractive and cost effective, the provisioning of endto-end QoS services in satellite access remains largely undefined. In order to bridge this gap, the European SATIP6 project defines a complete QoS architecture involvi...

Geostationary satellite networks are currently considered as one of the most promising broadband access network technology for narrowing the digital divide. Though technically attractive and cost effective, the provisioning of endto-end QoS services in satellite access remains largely undefined. In order to bridge this gap, the European SATIP6 project defines a complete QoS architecture involvi...

Worldwide usage of the Internet is currently growing atan exponential rate, resulting inadrainatic increase in thedemandfortiie transmission of Internet data via satellite. The TCP/IP protocol suite, which forms the basis of the Internet, performs sub-optimally when confronted with a geostationary satellite link. This may result in poor perj40rmance as seen by an interactive user and/or ine&ici...