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Results of thin-route satellite communication system analyses including estimated service costsWays for determining optimum satellite and terrestrial system architectures and parameters for providing the most economical telephone service to remote areas of the U.S. are explored. Several configurations for an isolated rural telephone system, covering all the states plus Alaska, employing satellites is considered. Both direct-to-the-user and community-type of systems are evaluated using UHF and Ku-band RF equipment for the rural/satellite links. The effect of multiple spot beams, outage, signal quality, modulation method, satellite accessing, forward error correction, and the number of users are also evaluated. The total cost for a 5-minute call from an isolated rural user to a TELCO user was shown to be as low as $1.30 for a system with 1.8 X 10 to the sixth rural users.
Document ID
19790046382
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Wright, D. L.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1979
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
79A30395
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-20364
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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