Application of the access network concept of ETSI to the on-board processing system of the European Space Agency (ESA)

Author

Hoefkens, D.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Bell Telephone, Antwerp, Belgium

fYear

1995

fDate

15-19 May 1995

Firstpage

167

Abstract

This paper describes the application, to the onboard processing (OBP) system of the European Space Agency (ESA), of the access network (AN) concept and related protocols which have been standardised by the European Telecommunication Standardisation Institute (ETSI). The advantages of this approach as well as mandatory modifications to the ETSI protocols are listed. The mission of the OBP system is to offer ISDN (integrated services digital network) services to the European continent via a geostationary satellite. These standard services, providing connections via primary rate access (PRA) and basic rate access (BRA), are complemented with services for which satellites have a long tradition, i.e. multi- and broad-cast services but at multiples of 64 kbit/s

Keywords

ISDN; access protocols; broadcasting; satellite communication; standardisation; telecommunication standards; 64 kbit/s; ESA; ETSI protocols; European Space Agency; European Telecommunication Standardisation Institute; ISDN; access network; basic rate access; broadcast services; geostationary satellite; integrated services digital network; mandatory modifications; multicast services; onboard processing system; primary rate access; protocols; standardisation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Digital Satellite Communications, 1995., Tenth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brighton

Print_ISBN

0-85296-635-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19950024

Filename

471798