DocumentCode
1278893
Title
Multimedia via Inmarsat
Author
Franchi, Antonio ; Trachtman, Eyal ; Christodoulides, Louis ; Sengupta, Jay
Author_Institution
Inmarsat, London, UK
Volume
6
Issue
4
fYear
1999
Firstpage
15
Lastpage
19
Abstract
Inmarsat´s provision of multimedia services over its current satellites, as well as over a possible new generation of satellites, will enable technologies for support of higher data rates for mobile terminals. Inmarsat´s next-generation satellite communications system will extend current capabilities by supporting fully interactive multimedia communications to small portable user terminals
Keywords
multimedia communication; satellite communication; Inmarsat; higher data rates; interactive multimedia communications; mobile terminals; multimedia services; portable user terminals; Artificial satellites; Circuits; Delay; ISDN; Media Access Protocol; Narrowband; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Quality of service; Satellite broadcasting; Turbo codes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
MultiMedia, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-986X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/93.809229
Filename
809229
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