Taking a close look at an integral part of next generation wireless communications, this book presents SS/CDMA system architecture (Satellite Switched Code Division Multiple Access) and its various communications services. TDMA-based satellite communications as well as related satellite systems and services are also examined in detail.About the Author: Diakoumis Gerakoulis is the author of CDMA: Access and Switching: For Terrestrial and Satellite Networks, published by Wiley. Evaggelos Geraniotis is the author of CDMA: Access and Switching: For Terrestrial and Satellite Networks, published by Wiley.