Guest Editorial: IJSCN Special Issue on ASMS2008

This Special Issue of the Wiley International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking hosts a
\nselection of papers from the fourth Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems (ASMS) Conference, held in
\nBologna, Italy, on 26–28 August 2008. The conference was organized through a joint effort of the
\nUniversity of Bologna, the Institute of Communications and Navigation of DLR (German Aerospace
\nCenter) and the ISI (Integral SatCom Initiative) European Technology Platform, in cooperation with the
\nSatellite Communications Network of Excellence (SatNEx) and the sISI Specific Support Action,
\nsupported by the European Commission FP6 and FP7 programmes, respectively