Civil and Military Satellite Communications: A Systems Overview and the FutureDevelopments (Civiele en Militaire Satelliet-Communicatie: Een Overzicht van de Systemen en de te Verwachten Ontwikkelingen)

摘要

The project A90KM616, Orientatie SATCOM, is being performed on behalf of theRoyal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) to assist the Navy on the subject of satellite communications. This report is the result of the first phase of this study. The goal of the report is to give an overview of the phenomenon satellite-communication. The result of the study is a general overview of satellite communications for both civil and military applications. Some examples of applications are; international telephony, television broadcasting, small private business networks, and mobile (at the moment still principally maritime) communications. In these applications satellite communication systems provide a global coverage and a high flexibility. The scientific articles have not been considered because in this stage it was the intention to study on a specialist level the broad area of techniques. Magazines, books, and a number of reports of universities and research institutes have been the main sources of information. They provided afforded an understanding of the existing systems and insight in the future developments.