Work performed at COMSAT Laboratories to develop a prototype on-board baseband switch is summarized. The switch design is modular to accommodate different service types, and the architecture features a high-speed optical ring operating at 1 Gbit/s to route input (up-link) channels to output (down-link) channels. The switch is inherently a packet switch, but can process either circuit-switched or packet-switched traffic. If the traffic arrives at the satellite in a circuit-switched mode, the input processor packetizes it and passes it on to the switch. The main advantage of the packet approach lies in its simplified control structure. Details of the switch architecture and design, and the status of its implementation, are presented.


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    Title :

    COMSAT Laboratories' on-board baseband switch development


    Contributors:
    Pontano, B. A. (author) / Redman, W. A. (author) / Inukai, Thomas (author) / Razdan, R. (author) / Paul, D. K. (author)


    Publication date :

    1991-11-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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