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
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