DVB-S2 standard to be presented
11 Dec 2003
While DVB-S targeted mainly broadcast applications, the second generation of the standard can support broadcast, interactive, as well as professional and SNG services. Thanks to…
ESA-Industry team receives IEEE award
11 Dec 2003
The paper “Wide-Band CDMA for the UMTS/IMT-2000 Satellite Component” was co-authored by Daniel Boudreau (CRC- Canada), Giuseppe Caire (EURECOM- France, Giovanni Emanuele Corazza (University of…
ESA Telecom highlights security issues
11 Dec 2003
The highlights page will be a central point for those interested in security issues for IP broadcasting over satellite. Specialized ESA Telecom projects that address…
CONNECT newsletter 2/2003 now available
11 Sep 2003
Published four times a year, this quarter’s issue opens with an article on The Large Platform Mission also known as ‘Alphabus’. Read more on the…
Interest in ‘Global Reach’ growing
04 Sep 2003
Global Reach is an initiative which is endeavouring to bring interactive and non-interactive services to users on a worldwide scale. It is to be community-oriented and…
IP Security Demonstrator to be Installed at ESTEC
04 Sep 2003
Developed and integrated by IABG mbH in Ottobrunn, Germany for ESTEC, the testbed will provide users the ability to demonstrate secure applications over satellite. The…
First International Conference on Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems
30 Jul 2003
The European Space Agency (ESA), European Commission (EC) and Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Task Force (ASMS-TF) organized the First International Conference on Advanced Satellite Mobile…
Satellite firefighters in action this summer
28 Jul 2003
160 kilometres up a muddy, one-track logging road in British Columbia, REMSAT was deployed to aid 180 fire-fighters battling two ”project fires ”- those that…
Abaris sets the standard for music e-commerce
28 Jul 2003
100 times faster than conventional downloading of music files via a terrestrial Internet system, the high bandwidth ABARIS model can also be applied to selling…
Music from Space
28 Jul 2003
UK-based Avanti Communications came up with the idea of using the same geostationary ASTRA satellite that provides television services to millions of Europeans to offer…