Title :
A high data rate satellite design for the National Research and Education Network
Author :
Keaton, Mark ; Kwatra, Subhash C. ; Kim, Junghwan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Toledo Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
A future National Research and Education Network (NREN) is planned to integrate all of the US research networks. A geostationary communications satellite is investigated for use with the NREN in a satellite-only configuration. Both conventional and advanced satellite designs are examined, and user costs are derived for both government and commercial system operation. The resulting costs are compared with the costs for an equivalent terrestrial network
Keywords :
artificial satellites; costing; educational technology; satellite communication; technological forecasting; NREN; National Research and Education Network; costs; future; geostationary communications satellite; high data rate satellite; satellite designs; Artificial satellites; Asynchronous transfer mode; Costs; Government; ISO standards; NASA; Open systems; SONET; Supercomputers; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Networks, 1993. International Conference on Information Engineering '93. 'Communications and Networks for the Year 2000', Proceedings of IEEE Singapore International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1445-X
DOI :
10.1109/SICON.1993.515814
