A space-borne satellite dedicated gateway to the Internet

Author

Cooper, Paul W. ; Bradley, James F.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA

Volume

37

Issue

10

fYear

1999

fDate

10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

126

Abstract

This article describes a design concept for a new and powerful satellite/terrestrial network to provide global satellite access in space to the Internet. Myriad satellite networks have been announced that are expected to provide a vast repertoire of satellite-enabled telecommunications as well as global broadband access to the Internet. These constellations of satellites will compete for spectrum, as well as for orbital positions, and will introduce widespread RF interference among themselves as well as into the arena of terrestrial wireless communications. The gateway-in-space, defined and described in this article, offers a significant solution to these challenges by providing an in-space gateway access, with all its resources, for the many individual satellite networks

Keywords

Internet; internetworking; radiofrequency interference; satellite communication; Internet; RF interference; gateway-in-space; global broadband access; global satellite access; in-space gateway access; orbital positions; public telephony interface; satellite constellations; satellite-enabled telecommunications; satellite/terrestrial network design; space-borne satellite dedicated gateway; spectrum; terrestrial wireless communications; Artificial satellites; Electromagnetic interference; IEEE news; IP networks; Laboratories; Low earth orbit satellites; Service oriented architecture; Space vehicles; Web and internet services; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.795602

Filename

795602