Title :
Development of a GSM-derived regional mobile satellite communication system
Author :
Chitrapu, Prabhakar ; Reilly, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Manage. & Data Syst., Lockheed Martin Corp., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe the development of a GSM-derived regional mobile satellite communication system. We first discuss the market needs of a regional mobile communication system, and stress the technical requirements for such a system to be successful in the commercial world. We then point out the advantages of deriving such a system from the popular GSM standard and discuss the similarities and differences between the two systems. We then describe a system designed by Lockheed Martin Corp., known as ACeS, which serves the telecommunication needs of Asia. The ACeS system works in both the cellular and satellite environments and is designed to make optimal use of the similarities and differences to the GSM system. We end the paper by discussing some challenges in the evolving area of mobile satellite communication systems
Keywords :
mobile satellite communication; ACeS; Asia; Asia Cellular Satellite System; GSM-derived regional mobile satellite communication system; Lockheed Martin Corporation; cellular system; market needs; technical requirements;
Conference_Titel :
Integration of Satellite and Terrestrial OCS (Digest No: 1997/152), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19970842