Resource Management in Satellite Networks part 2. This book provides significant knowledge on innovative radio resource management schemes for satellite communication systems that exploit lower layer adaptivity and the knowledge of layer 3 IP QoS support and transport layer behavior. The book integrates competencies considering all the parts of system design: propagation aspects, radio resource management, access protocols, network protocols, transport layer protocols, and more, to cover both broadband and mobile satellite systems | Curriculum Vitae Dr. Giovanni Giambene Giovanni Giambene was born in Florence Italy in 1966. He received the Dr. Ing. degree in Electronics from the University of Florence Italy in 1993 and the . degree in Telecommunications and Informatics from the University of Florence Italy in 1997. From 1994 to 1997 he was with the Electronic Engineering Department of the University of Florence Italy. He was Technical External Secretary of the European Community COST 227 Action entitled Integrated Space Terrestrial Mobile Networks . He also contributed to the Resource Management activity of the Working Group 3000 within the RACE Project called Satellite Integration in the Future Mobile Network SAINT RACE 2117 . From 1997 to 1998 he was with OTE of the Marconi Group Florence Italy where he was involved in a GSM development program. In the same period he also contributed to the COST 252 Action Evolution of Satellite Personal Communications from Second to Future Generation Systems research activities by studying the performance of Packet Reservation Multiple Access PRMA protocols suitable for supporting voice and data transmissions in low earth orbit mobile satellite systems. In 1999 he joined the Information Engineering Department of the University of Siena Italy first as research associate and then as assistant professor. He teaches the advanced course of Telecommunication Networks at the University of Siena. From 1999 to 2003 he participated to the project Multimedialita financed by the Italian National Research Council CNR . From 2000 to 2003 he contributed to the activities of the Personalised Access to Local Information and services for tOurists PALIO IST Project within the fifth Research Framework of the European Commission . At present he is involved in the SatNEx network of excellence of the FP6 programme in the satellite field as work package leader of two groups on radio access techniques and cross-layer air interface design .
