Telecommunications at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games

Author

Takizawa, Yoshiharu

Author_Institution

NTT Corp., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

39

Issue

7

fYear

2001

fDate

7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

84

Abstract

The Olympic Games pose a big challenge for all telecommunications services, including voice communications, live video transmission, data transmission, and cellular phone services. Even though it is only a 16-day program, the Olympics require a large-capacity network and special grade quality and reliability over a wide geographical area (including ski resorts in the mountains). This article presents an overview of the telecommunications systems used in the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games and reviews their performance

Keywords

cellular radio; data communication; entertainment; sport; telecommunication networks; visual communication; voice communication; 1998 Winter Olympic Games; Nagano; cellular phone services; data transmission; geographical area; large-capacity network; live video transmission; mountains; performance; reliability; ski resorts; telecommunications services; telecommunications systems; voice communications; Cellular phones; Cities and towns; Data communication; Games; History; Management training; Multimedia communication; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication services; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.933439

Filename

933439