High speed data communication by satellite in Europe-the HELIOS architecture

Author

Cohen, Asaf ; Massart, T. ; Van Binst, P. ; Prévost, J. ; Cann, J. Le

Author_Institution

Inter-university Inst. for High Energies, Brussels Univ., Belgium

fYear

1988

fDate

13-17 Jun 1988

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

264

Abstract

A description is given of the HELIOS architecture, which is based on access points running on OSI data link protocol and acting as gateways between the satellite circuit and a local area network. The access points consist of Bull SPS/7 minicomputers; test of a preliminary version of the software have allowed the successful transmission of files at 128 kb/s between Paris and Brussels. Being totally OSI-compatible, the HELIOS architecture is independent of manufacturers, applications, or other local considerations, and will therefore also be compatible with the future, ground-based, high-speed circuits. The aims and scope of HELIOS as well as its main characteristics and basic architecture are examined. The present status of work on the HELIOS project is discussed

Keywords

satellite relay systems; 128 kbit/s; Bull SPS/7 minicomputers; Europe; HELIOS architecture; OSI data link protocol; access points; architecture; data communication; gateways; local area network; satellite; Access protocols; Artificial satellites; Circuit testing; Computer architecture; Data communication; Local area networks; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Open systems; Software testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnics, 1988. Conference Proceedings on Area Communication, EUROCON 88., 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.1988.11153

Filename

11153