Title :
Asymmetrical, satellite communications system for Asian Multimedia Forum satellite Internet trial
Author :
Otsu, S. ; Koike, H. ; Kawazoe, K. ; Okada, K.
Author_Institution :
NTT Service Integuration Lab., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Asian Multimedia Forum (AMF) was established in June 1997 by 19 organizations to promote the collaborative development of multimedia business in the Asia-Pacific region. In March 1998, we started offering the AMF satellite Internet trial, using an asymmetrical satellite communications system that included a newly developed piece of equipment called the ATM satellite adapter. This paper describes the system configurations, examples of multimedia services, and the system performance evaluation results
Keywords :
Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; multimedia communication; satellite communication; ATM satellite adapter; Asia-Pacific region; Asian Multimedia Forum satellite Internet trial; asymmetrical satellite communications system; multimedia business; system configurations; system performance evaluation; Artificial satellites; Asia; Circuits; Collaboration; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; System performance; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 99. Proceedings of the IEEE Region 10 Conference
Conference_Location :
Cheju Island
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5739-6
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1999.818339
