Application Technology Strategy, Inc., (ATSI), is the satellite consulting firm founded by Bruce Elbert, leading satellite expert and consultant, technologist, educator and author of standard industry books. We emphasize the how of developing satellite systems.

Terrestrial Communications

Satellite and Terrestrial Communications - Achieving an Integrated Network. Satellite communications networks offer many possibilities and opportunities in bridging the digital divide and extending broadband services to remote sites. This course takes the next step in the process by defining, describing, and resolving critical issues related to making data and multimedia applications work through the geostationary satellite environment. Each day is dedicated to an important area of investigation and set of solutions to current-day and evolving problems that hamper the integration of satellite and terrestrial networks. Technical and operational aspects of interfacing application data from the user to the satellite network are detailed. How to properly employ key standards also is reviewed, such as TCP/IP, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Video Broadcast, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, and IP Sec.

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