Asymmetrical, satellite communications system for Asian Multimedia Forum satellite Internet trial

摘要

Asian Multimedia Forum (AMF) was established in June 1997 by 19 organizations to promote the collaborative development of multimedia business in the Asia-Pacific region. In March 1998, we started offering the AMF satellite Internet trial, using an asymmetrical satellite communications system that included a newly developed piece of equipment called the ATM satellite adapter. This paper describes the system configurations, examples of multimedia services, and the system performance evaluation results.