Title :
The Canadian MSAT Field Trials Program
Author :
Halayko, David W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The Canadian Department of Communications is providing a multi-year program for implementation of market trials involving the introduction of new MSAT services in Canada. The author describes the Department´s Field Trials Program that commenced in late 1990. The Trials Program includes end-users requiring wide-area portable communications or fixed wide-area communications for the monitoring of remote equipment such as weather stations, gas compressor stations and water level monitoring. The Field Trials Program is operated in conjunction with Telsat Mobile Inc., who have introduced Phase I commercial data services using leased satellite capacity from Inmarsat on Marecs B-2 The author describes the existing mobile and fixed satellite terminals and also the results of the Trials Program to date
Keywords :
government policies; mobile radio systems; satellite relay systems; Canadian Department of Communications; Field Trials Program; Inmarsat; MSAT services; Marecs B-2; commercial data services; end-users; gas compressor stations; market trials; remote equipment; satellite terminals; water level monitoring; weather stations; wide-area portable communications; Artificial satellites; Facsimile; Government; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Remote monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, 1992. Conference Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0723-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICWC.1992.200787
