• DocumentCode
    1319692
  • Title

    Large-capacity multimedia systems

  • Author

    Wittig, Manfred

  • Author_Institution
    Eur. Space Agency, Paris, France
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    The exponential growth of Internet use may result in a reduction of the grade of service of telecommunication networks. Capacity increase is the challenge to telecom operators. Communication satellites “see” a large customer population and provide a large: amount of-mainly entertainment-information. Interactive services are possible with enhanced communication satellite systems. Such satellite concepts and technologies are the subject of this article
  • Keywords
    Internet; interactive video; multimedia communication; satellite communication; Internet; communication satellite systems; grade of service; interactive services; large capacity multimedia systems; telecom operators; telecommunication networks; Artificial satellites; Cable TV; Costs; IP networks; Investments; Manufacturing; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Procurement; Satellite broadcasting; Telecommunications; Telephony; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/35.601741
  • Filename
    601741