Author_Institution :
Globalstar L.P., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
Globalstar, a new satellite-based, digital mobile communications service, will commence initial commercial operations in 1998. In addition to providing a worldwide commercial service, Globalstar will also enable military personnel, using handheld, shipboard, or vehicular mobile terminals, even in the most remote areas of the world, to connect with each other and back to rear echelons. Providing low-cast and reliable mobile satellite services (MSS) with diversity operations, Globalstar will be interoperable with existing local, long-distance, public, private, cellular, and DoD specialized networks. Globalstar is currently proposing these military-specific MSS services-which include transportable gateways, netted broadcast nets, encrypted traffic circuits, DoD control, and increased data rates-concurrently with full commercial operations. This paper describes the basic Globalstar system, and how it will be modified and adapted for military use
Keywords :
digital radio; diversity reception; internetworking; land mobile radio; military communication; mobile satellite communication; DoD control; DoD specialized networks; Globalstar; broadcast networks; cellular networks; commercial operations; digital mobile communications service; diversity operations; encrypted traffic circuits; handheld terminals; local networks; long-distance networks; military communications; military use; mobile satellite services; public networks; satellite-based communications; shipboard terminals; transportable gateways; vehicular mobile terminals; Artificial satellites; Circuits; Communication system control; Control systems; Military satellites; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Satellite broadcasting; Switches; System testing;
