ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an examination of satellite network capabilities, technical attributes, and implementations. Satellite systems employ radio waves in the superhigh and extremely high RF (radio frequency) bands of the electromagnetic spectrum for enabling dependable transport of voice, video, data, and still images. Satellite configurations utilize state-of-the-art technologies for facilitating high-speed access to bandwidth-intensive resources and time-critical data. Rapidly evolving satellite networks are further distinguished by their provision of on-demand seamless mobile communication services at anytime and in every place and delivery of broadband multimedia applications to subscribers at rural locations.
