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Network management and the AT&T VSAT network
Author(s) -
Brown Michael
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of network management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1099-1190
pISSN - 1055-7148
DOI - 10.1002/nem.4560030202
Subject(s) - computer science , telecommunications , satellite , communications satellite , computer network , telecommunications network , engineering , aerospace engineering
VSAT networks were developed in the mid‐1980s as an alternative to terrestrial communications and can offer a cost advantage because linking two nodes via satellite costs the same, regardless of their distance from each other. This article will outline the basic elements of a VSAT network and describe some of the methods used to manage it.