There exists a great unsatisified demand for land mobile communications in Europe, particularly in sectors of business activity such as the road transport industry. This demand could best be satisfied by means of satellite-based private networks providing voice and data communications in a hub configuration. The potential market is estimated to encompass several hundred thousand road vehicles and the transmission capacity required would be several thousand channels. ESA is currently demonstrating the potential of satellite communications for this type of application, using a system called PRODAT. System studies are being performed with the aim of defining the architecture of a regional satellite system for Europe.


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    Title :

    A satellite system for land-mobile communications in Europe


    Contributors:
    Bartholome, P. (author) / Rogard, R. (author)


    Publication date :

    1988-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English