| Resource Allocation and Multiple Access in Satellite Communications | |
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| Weerakody, Vijitha, Gonzalez, Lino ORGANIZER: Weerakody, Vijitha | |
| This session focuses on the utilization of satellite systems in Network Centric manner. We will explore challenges with this new method of satellite operations and study proposed methods to optimize capacity by dynamically allocating resources among user terminals. | |
| Vijitha Weerackody received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. His area of expertise is in signal processing and communication systems. Before joining the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory he worked at the Research Divisions of AT&T Bell Laboratories and Telcordia Technologies. Dr. Weerackody serves as an adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Lino Gonzalez received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Monmouth University in 1997. For the past 14 years he has provided direct system engineering support to the US Army Program Executive Office PM MILSTAR, PM MILSATCOM and PM WIN-T. He has served as the systems engineer on the Army SCOTT, SCAMP, KaSAT and Phoenix terminal programs. His area of expertise is in Military satellite communication systems such as MILSTAR, UFO, GBS and GAPFILLER. Before joining the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory he worked at the Bendix Corporation and BAE Systems. |