Establishing a real-time multimedia link to the Arctic

Author

León, Mark

Author_Institution

NASA Learning Technol., Moffett Field, CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

399

Abstract

In July 1998, the NASA Learning Technologies (LT) Project and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) implemented a real-time multimedia link between the USCG Cutter Polar Star in the Gulf of Alaska and schools in the United States and Japan. The Polar Star implemented a mobile high-speed data link connected to the Internet using Inmarsat via Intelsat 178°E. This link utilized satellite and high-frequency communication links to the NASA Learning Technologies Channel (LTC) to conduct the Internet-based educational events. The NASA LTC is a media for distributing video and audio to 1500 sites worldwide over the Internet

Keywords

Internet; multimedia communication; satellite links; telecommunication engineering education; Arctic link; Gulf of Alaska; Inmarsat; Intelsat; Internet-based educational events; NASA Learning Technologies Channel; high-frequency communication links; mobile high-speed data link; real-time multimedia link; satellite link; wireless router; Arctic; Artificial satellites; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Internet; Isolation technology; Marine vehicles; Mobile communication; NASA; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Snowmass at Aspen, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5425-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.1999.790217

Filename

790217