Space based communications infrastructure for developing countries

Keith Barker, Carl Barnes, Kent Price
1996 16th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference   unpublished
This study examines the potenhal use of satellites to augment the telecommunications infrastructure of developing countries with advanced satellites. The study investigated the potential market for using satellites in developing countries, the role of satellites in the national information infrastructure (NIl), the technical feasibility of augmenting NIls with satellites, and the national financial conditions necessary for procuring satellite systems. In addition, the study examined several
more » ... nical areas mcluding use of on-board processing, use of mtersatellite links, frequency of operation, use of multibeam and active antennas" and use of advanced satellite technologIes. The marketing portion of the study focused on three case studies -China, Brazil, and Mexico, These cases represent countries in various stages of telecommurucations mdustry development. The study concludes by defining the needs of developing countries for satellites, and recommends steps that both industry and NASA can take to improve the competitiveness of u.s. satellite manufacturing. XVll 1-14 Section 2: Role of Satellites in the Nil and GIT Section 2 Role of Satellites in the NIl and GIl This section seeks to look into the future and to predict the role of satellites in the communications infrastructure of the world. Current terminology refers to the national information infrastructure (NIT) and the global information infrastructure (GTI). The result is a general picture of the future telecommunications environment and the role of communication satellites. The next three section (Sections 3-6) will focus on market analysis for developing countries. This section is organized as follows: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Definition of NIl and GTI 2.3 Roles of Satellites in the NIT and GTI
doi:10.2514/6.1996-992 fatcat:qc73rlc3qbfhrh7ecrhvvvwujy