Broadband satellite access for interactive multimedia services

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Le‐Ngoc, Tho | Elshabrawy, Tallal

Affiliations: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, 3480 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7

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Abstract: In this paper, we investigated the feasibility of providing two‐way broadband access for residential interactive multimedia services such as video‐on‐demand, news on demand, home shopping or webcasting over multibeam satellite systems. We propose new air‐interface protocols and terminal structures for broadband access with special emphasis on the MAC (Medium Access Control) sub‐layer. Functional blocks of the various elements of the broadband satellite access system are presented.

Journal: Space Communications, vol. 17, no. 1,2,3, pp. 35-48, 2001