Broadband access via satellite

Computer Networks

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-378

  Hadjitheodosiou, Michael H ^a,b   Ephremides, Anthony ^a,c,d,e   Friedman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband access; Error control; Hybrid networks; Internet access; Ka band; Multiple access; Onboard processing; Satellite communications; V band

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERNET;

ONBOARD PROCESSING;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0039628184     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7552(98)00274-8     Document Type: Article

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