Economics of private packet switching and VSAT methods

Author

Sharifi, Hossein M. ; Garber, Kenneth

Author_Institution

Hughes Network Syst. Inc., Germantown, MD, USA

Volume

3

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

31

Abstract

Packet-switching and very-small-aperture-terminal (VSAT) technologies are combined to produce a networking concept that minimizes the cost of the overall network without compromising its performance. There are a number of data communications applications where VSAT is the most cost-effective technology for networking; however, it may not meet the response time requirement for a specific application. Also, some applications require alternate routing or multiple host locations. For these applications, a combination of VSAT and X.25 packet-switched nodes (PSNs) is shown to be a reliable and cost effective solution.<>

Keywords

data communication systems; digital communication systems; economics; packet switching; satellite relay systems; telecommunication networks; VSAT methods; X.25 packet-switched nodes; cost-effective technology; data communications; mesh topology; private packet switching; star topology; very-small-aperture-terminal; Costs; Data communication; Distributed control; Hardware; Packet switching; Power supplies; Process control; Software architecture; Software maintenance; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.25641

Filename

25641