Satellite communications: services, systems & technologies

Author

Pontano, B.A.

Author_Institution

COMSAT Lab., Clarksburg, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

7-12 June 1998

Firstpage

1

Abstract

Satellite communications is thriving in today´s telecommunications market and will continue to interoperate with other transmission media to achieve the grand vision of a global information highway. Satellite systems will employ increasing levels of digital signal processing, in both the space and ground segments, to efficiently and cost-effectively provide the broad spectrum of services demanded by end users. Geostationary and non-geostationary satellite systems, using technologies such as bandwidth on demand, TDMA, onboard processing, switching and large multibeam antennas with hopping spot beams will work seamlessly with terrestrial systems to offer the very best in systems and services to consumers.

Keywords

broadband networks; digital communication; personal communication networks; satellite communication; time division multiple access; ACTS; TDMA; bandwidth on demand; broadband systems; digital signal processing; geostationary satellite systems; hopping spot beams; multibeam antennas; nongeostationary satellite systems; onboard processing; personal communications; satellite communications; Artificial satellites; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Costs; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication services; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4471-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1998.689310

Filename

689310