• DocumentCode
    748895
  • Title

    On top of the world-communications inside the Arctic Circle

  • Author

    Morant, Adrian J.

  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    2/20/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    67
  • Lastpage
    69
  • Abstract
    The author describes the communications systems on the remote islands of Svalbard in the Arctic Circle. Using satellite links, Svalbard has about 1000 telephone subscribers connected to a digital exchange, and there is also a paging service. The author discusses the Norsat satellite system. The problems encountered due to atmosphere conditions are also discussed
  • Keywords
    mobile radio systems; satellite relay systems; telephone systems; Arctic Circle; Norsat satellite system; Svalbard; atmosphere conditions; communications systems; digital exchange; paging service; satellite links; telephone subscribers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEE Review
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0953-5683
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    141007