Title :
Packet communication ultra-small aperture terminal system for the Hokkaido Integrated Telecommunication network
Author :
Hatsuda, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Electron. Eng., Hokkaido Inst. of Technol., Sapporo, Japan
fDate :
7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Three aspects of a new minimum cost, high reliability system strategy for the Hokkaido Integrated Telecommunication (HIT) network, in which real time operation is not demanded, are examined. These are: (1) a packet communication ultra-small aperture terminal (PC-USAT) system, which contains a method for overcoming the satellite link´s rain attenuation discontinuities; (2) an optimum rain margin technique and the 14/12-GHz band rain, snow attenuation, and site diversity (SD) experiments; and (3) a low-bit-rate medical information and still picture simultaneous transmission system
Keywords :
VSAT networks; data communication; digital communication; diversity reception; microwave propagation; packet radio networks; rain; satellite ground stations; satellite links; snow; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication networks; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 12 GHz; 14 GHz; Hokkaido Integrated Telecommunication network; PC-USAT system; SHF; high reliability system strategy; low-bit-rate simultaneous data/picture transmission system; medical information transmission; optimum rain margin technique; packet communication; satellite link rain attenuation discontinuities; site diversity experiments; snow attenuation; still picture transmission; ultra-small aperture terminal system; Apertures; Artificial satellites; Attenuation; Biomedical imaging; Costs; Radio network; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations; Telecommunications;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on