Title :
Satellite communications: services, systems & technologies
Author_Institution :
COMSAT Lab., Clarksburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
Satellite communications is thriving in today´s telecommunications market and will continue to interoperate with other transmission media to achieve the grand vision of a global information highway. Satellite systems will employ increasing levels of digital signal processing, in both the space and ground segments, to efficiently and cost-effectively provide the broad spectrum of services demanded by end users. Geostationary and non-geostationary satellite systems, using technologies such as bandwidth on demand, TDMA, onboard processing, switching and large multibeam antennas with hopping spot beams will work seamlessly with terrestrial systems to offer the very best in systems and services to consumers.
Keywords :
broadband networks; digital communication; personal communication networks; satellite communication; time division multiple access; ACTS; TDMA; bandwidth on demand; broadband systems; digital signal processing; geostationary satellite systems; hopping spot beams; multibeam antennas; nongeostationary satellite systems; onboard processing; personal communications; satellite communications; Artificial satellites; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Costs; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication services; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4471-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1998.689310
